Question

I have the following (note how I am using LINQ within a foreach):

foreach (string recid in recids) 
{
     var recprec = (from rc in db.tblTrucks
                    where rc.ID == recid 
                    select rc                
                    }).FirstOrDefault();
}

if (recprec.TruckMake == "GM")...

I need to do some further processing based on recprec after the foreach but I get the following:

recprec does not exist in the current context.

Not sure how to fix this. I tried to do something like Object recprec = null; but still no luck.

Answer 1

Well, the error is because you’re declaring recprec inside the foreach loop. It loses scope once the loop exits.

You could move the additional processing inside the loop:

foreach (string recid in recids) 
{

    var recprec = (from rc in db.tblTrucks
                   where rc.ID == recid 
                   select rc).FirstOrDefault();

    if (recprec.TruckMake == "GM")
    {
    }
}

Just understand that it will be done once for every iteration. There isn’t enough information in your question to determine if that’s what you really want.