Question

i have removed all unnecessary variables andtried to focus directly on the problem at hand. I have a variable that can return null values:

var ppl = from p in xyz.new_ppl
          select new
          {
              p.name
          };

I query it and add it to a list:

foreach (var peeps in ppl)
{
    peopleList.Add(peeps.name);
    peopleNames = peopleList;
}

This works when i add a where clause to check before the select statement to check for null values using this statement

where p.name != null

What i want to be able to do is allow null values to be added. so i tried firstordefault but that didnt work

name = p.name.FirstorDefault()

the error says that i can’t cast a char to string. peopleNames is a setter, getter method of type string. Any workaround or solution?

Answer 1

would you like to try it like this?

var ppl = from p in xyz.new_ppl
          select new
          {
              p == null ? null : p.name
          };