how to extract value from LINQ query?

[SftwDude]

Is it possible to extract a single value from the results of a LINQ query
with out iterating over the results.

For example I have a table in SQL Server:

tblExample
Type int <--this is a key field
Descr nvarchar(5)

I would like to get the description (Descr) field something like this in C#:

string Description = from Example in db.tblExample where Example.Type = 1
select Example.Descr;

I know this query returns an IQueryable and the above query won't compile
because of type mismatch. Is there a way to get the string from the database
field using a LINQ query?

Thanks

 

[Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT]]

Thanks for Patrice's prompt reply.

Hello SftwDude

I agree with Patrice. Single () function returns only one element from
query, and throws an exception if sequence contains more than one element
or empty. Alternative way, you can use First() function to return the
first element from the query when there are more than one element in your
sequence.
For example:

string Description = (from Example in db.tblExample
where Example.Type = 1
select Example.Descr).Frist();

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[Kartik]

Error 1 Cannot convert method group 'First' to non-delegate type 'string'.
Did you intend to invoke the method?

This is the error I receive if I try to do what you have suggested...

Kartik

 

[Kartik]

Apologise for the earlier email....

It works if I do this

..First().ToString();

 

[Wen Yuan Wang [MSFT]]

Hello Kartik

Could you please paste your LINQ Query?

I think we needn't call toString() function after First(). Frist() function
returns the fist element in query. However, in this case, each element
turned by Linq Query is String type.

Hope this helps,
Best regards,
Wen Yuan

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