Question

I use EntityFramework 4, LINQ, and C#.

I need display data in a GridView from a query expression using Linq; I need project as anonymous type a value calculate on fly DateTime.UtcNow - cl.DateLocked Note: cl.DateLocked is of type DateTime and I need to know how many days of difference between this two dates.

With this query I receive an error:

DbArithmeticExpression arguments must have a numeric common type. 

Any idea how to do it in Linq? If Linq does not allow it how to do it in a different way?

Thanks for your time

var queryContentsLocked = from cl in context.CmsContentsLockedBies
                          join cnt in context.CmsContents
                          on cl.ContentId equals cnt.ContentId
                          join u in context.aspnet_Users
                          on cl.UserId equals u.UserId
                          select new
                          {
                            cl.DateLocked,
                            cnt.ContentId,
                            cnt.Title,
                            u.UserName,
                            u.UserId,
                            TimePan = DateTime.UtcNow - cl.DateLocked // Problem here!!!
                          };

Answer 1

var queryContentsLocked = from cl in context.CmsContentsLockedBies
                          join cnt in context.CmsContents
                          on cl.ContentId equals cnt.ContentId
                          join u in context.aspnet_Users
                          on cl.UserId equals u.UserId
                          select new
                          {
                            cl.DateLocked,
                            cnt.ContentId,
                            cnt.Title,
                            u.UserName,
                            u.UserId,
                            Days = SqlFunctions.DateDiff("day", cl.DateLocked, DateTime.UtcNow)
                          };