Question

In this question the answer also had the option of
“Or create a class and return list of that instead of using Anonymous type.”

Limit Linq result columns for GridView

Could someone show me how to do that?

Answer 1

anonymous type:

var query = (from dins in h.Dinners
                 where dins.Title == "New York"
                 select new { dins.Title, dins.DinnerID });

custom type:

public class myType
{
public string Title { get; set; }
public int DinnerID { get; set; }
}

select new { etc } 

becomes

select new myType { Title = dins.Title, DinnerID = dins.DinnerID }

You can omit the Title = and DinnerID = IF the property names are the same, but I’ve included them for clarity

• This is entirely off the top of my head, I make no assertion that it’s compilable/working code for your exact needs!