Question

Here is a linq query that assigns data to a viewmodel. It works great.

var data = (from C in db.CaseComplaints
                    where C.CasesID == caseid
                    select C.ComplaintCode).ToList().Select(x => new CaseComplaintsViewModel()
                        {
                            ComplaintCode = x.ComplaintCodeName,
                            ComplaintType = x.ComplaintType
                        }).ToList();

Here is code that tries to perform a join and assign the data to a viewmodel. It does not work. the code editor tells me that x does not have a method or definition for BranchName

var data = (from branch in db.Branches
                    join customer in db.Customers 
                    on branch.BranchID equals customer.BranchID
                    where customer.BranchID == bid
                    select branch.BranchName).ToList().Select(x => new CaseResponsibleBranchViewModel()
                        {
                            BranchName = x.BranchName
                        });

What am I missing?

Answer 1

You’ve already selected BranchName, which I suppose is a string, so there’s no BranchName property of x:

var data = (from branch in db.Branches
                    join customer in db.Customers 
                    on branch.BranchID equals customer.BranchID
                    where customer.BranchID == bid
                    select branch.BranchName).ToList().Select(x => new CaseResponsibleBranchViewModel()
                        {
                            BranchName = x
                        });