Question

I am trying to write a LINQ query against two objects ( SPListItemCollection and List<SPListItem>).

When my query is like the one below it works fine:

var licFirst = from n in navList.Items.Cast<SPListItem>()
               from z in licZeroth
               where ((SPFieldLookupValueCollection)n["Parent"]).Select(t=>t.LookupId).Contains(z.ID)
               select n;

When I add an item to the select:

var licFirst = from n in navList.Items.Cast<SPListItem>()
               from z in licZeroth
               where ((SPFieldLookupValueCollection)n["Parent"]).Select(t=>t.LookupId).Contains(z.ID)
               select n, ParentId = z.ID;

It begins to error out with:

The name ‘z’ does not exist in the
current context

How can I select z.ID?

Answer 1

In your second version, you need to change the syntax a little to get an anonymous type with 2 properties, the n and the ParentID.

select new { n, ParentID = z.ID }; 

If this is not what you want, please clarify in the question.