Question

In sql server, I have two tables (lets say Person and School). I want to return the Person.Name from one table and School.Name (since they are related I want the primary key of the Person also).

So the question here is can I return these data and make them all in a list? also for the return type, does it request that I create a custom type for it (I mean class)?

Edit: Sorry I forget to metion that I need it in LINQ.

Thanks,

Answer 1

Maybe there is a better way to do this, but I would create a new class and return a list of these objects. Like this:

First do a LiNQ query to get the values we need:

var personWithSchoolName = select p from db.Person
                           select s from db.School
                           where p.SchoolId == s.SchoolId
                           select new { p.PersonId as PersonId, p.Name as PersonName, s.Name as SchoolName };

peopleWithSchoolNamesList = personWithSchoolName.ToList();

Then loop through the results and add these to a new list:

foreach(object o in peopleWithSchoolNamesList)
{
    PersonWithSchoolNameObject personWithSchoolNameObject = new PersonWithSchoolNameObject(o.PersonId, o.PersonName, o.SchoolName);

    ListWithPeople.Add(PersonWithSchoolNameObject);
}

return ListWithPeople;