The folloqing is the excpetion I am getting The null value cannot be assigned to a member with type System.Int32 which is a non-nullable value type. below is my LINQ Statement where QuestionId is the primary key in my table var questionViewsData = from questionViews in objDc.SC_QuestionsViews join questions in objDc.SC_Questions on questionViews.QuestionId equals questions.QuestionId into qs from questions in qs.DefaultIfEmpty() where questionViews.CreatedDate.Date == new DateTime(2010, 4,27) select new { Selected =(questions == null ?-1:questions.QuestionId), QuestioinTitle = questions.Title, VotesCount = questions.VotesCount };

Let me know how to resolve this