Question

I am populating a DropDownList from some Linq query, such as

var myTypes = from tableAlias in MyContext.MyTable ...;
dddTypes.DataSource = myTypes;

I want to be able to save the Linq query result either from myTypes or the DropDownList DataSource, so that it could be used in other methods. A variable of type var can only be local.

What does the data need to be casted to? Thanks.

Answer 1

IEnumerable<MyTable> or you could just convert it to a list with myTypes.ToList(). The var variable actually is typed by the ling query, so if you add a break point after the query and hover over the myTypes variable, Intellisense will show you the type.