Question

I have a WCF data service [WebGet] method returning an int. (no of products in products table)

How can I read it’s result?
The method works i checked with the browser.

     public void ProductsCount()
    {
        ctx.BeginExecute<int>(new Uri(uriBase + "/GetNoProducts"), GetProductsCountCompleted, ctx);
    }
    public void GetProductsCountCompleted(IAsyncResult result)
    {
        inventory_db_bigEntities context=result.AsyncState as inventory_db_bigEntities;
        var x = context.EndExecute<int>(result);

       //how do i read the int out of the x variable        
    }

UPDATE

Maybe BeginExecute and EndExecute is not the way to go for it.

In the browser window the webget method returns:

“<GetNoProducts p1:type=”Edm.Int32″>223863</GetNoProducts>”

Answer 1

What’s wrong with your example? EndExecute should do the trick…just call FirstOrDefault() to get the primitive value. Alternatively, if you’re not using SL, you can do it synchronously:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh230677.aspx#ExecutePrimitiveValue