Question

Let say I have Customers table in a database. I’d like to create List of CustomerNames using entity framework 4.1. How can I do that in Visual Basic?

Dim customerNames = (From c In _context.Customers
                     Select New With {c.CustomerName}).ToList()

brings a list of anonymous objects.

Answer 1

If you just want a List<String> with the customer names, then select the CustomerName without creating anonymous objects:

Dim customerNames = (From c In Users
                     Select c.UserName).ToList()