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Question: I want to populate a LINQ table from code, not DataBase.

Is it possible ?

System.Data.Linq.Table<Question> myquestions = new System.Data.Linq.Table<Question>();

Then something like:

myquestions.Rows.Add(aquestion);

Answer 1

Just populate a regular DataTable and you can use it from LINQ

using System;
using System.Data;

namespace ConsoleApplication10
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      var dt = new DataTable();
      dt.Columns.Add("Id", typeof(int));
      dt.Columns.Add("Project Name", typeof(string));
      dt.Columns.Add("Project Date", typeof(DateTime));

      for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
      {
        var row = dt.NewRow();
        row.ItemArray = new object[] { i, "Title-" + i.ToString(), DateTime.Now.AddDays(i * -1) };
        dt.Rows.Add(row);
      }

      var pp = from p in dt.AsEnumerable()
               where (int)p["Id"] > 2
               select p;

      foreach (var row in pp)
      {
        Console.WriteLine(row["Id"] + "\t" + row["Project Name"] + "\t" + row["Project Date"]); 
      }

      Console.ReadLine();
    }
  }
}

In the code above you can see how to use LINQ to filter out certain records from the DataTable. You’ll need to add the System.Data.DataSetExtensions assembly to your references

IEnumerables are readonly so you can’t really do it the way you’re asking, but what I’ve presented is the correct way.