var items = from c in contacts
select new ListItem
{
Value = c.ContactId, //Cannot implicitly convert type 'int' (ContactId) to 'string' (Value).
Text = c.Name
};
var items = from c in contacts
select new ListItem
{
Value = c.ContactId.ToString(), //Throws exception: ToString is not supported in linq to entities.
Text = c.Name
};
Is there anyway I can achieve this? Note, that in VB.NET there is no problem use the first snippet it works just great, VB is flexible, im unable to get used to C#'s strictness!!!
With EF v4 you can use SqlFunctions.StringConvert
. There is no overload for int so you need to cast to a double or a decimal. Your code ends up looking like this:
var items = from c in contacts
select new ListItem
{
Value = SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)c.ContactId).Trim(),
Text = c.Name
};