Question

I am struggling to select multiple columns in the carCheckouts table. I just want the startMiles and endMiles from one row that I know the pk of. Is my linq statement correct? if so how do I turn b.startMiles and b.endMiles into usable variables after? Thanks

var m = (from b in db.carCheckouts
where b.pk == primaryKey
select new {b.startMiles, b.endMiles});

Answer 1

Your current query returns an IQueryable of an anonymous type – but it sounds like you want a single item:

var m = (from b in db.carCheckouts
where b.pk == primaryKey
select new {b.startMiles, b.endMiles}).Single();

Now you can use the properties of m just so:

Console.WriteLine("Start Miles:"  + m.startMiles);