Linq and returning types
- by cdotlister
My GUI is calling a service project that does some linq work, and returns data to my GUI. However, I am battling with the return type of the method. After some reading, I have this as my method:
public static IEnumerable GetDetailedAccounts()
{
IEnumerable accounts = (from a in Db.accounts
join i in Db.financial_institution on a.financial_institution.financial_institution_id
equals i.financial_institution_id
join acct in Db.z_account_type on a.z_account_type.account_type_id equals
acct.account_type_id
orderby i.name
select new {account_id = a.account_id, name = i.name, description = acct.description});
return accounts;
}
However, my caller is battling a bit. I think I am screwing up the return type, or not handling the caller well, but it's not working as I'd hoped.
This is how I am attempting to call the method from my GUI.
IEnumerable accounts = Data.AccountService.GetDetailedAccounts();
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.WriteLine("Accounts:");
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
foreach (var acc in accounts)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0:00} {1}", acc.account_id, acc.name + " " + acc.description));
}
int accountid = WaitForKey();
However, my foreach, and the acc - isn't working. acc doesn't know about the name, description and id that I setup in the method. Am I at least close to being right?
