distinct

[amir sherafatian]

i have a persistent class (" Resource ") and in this table i have a field with name " Culture " i need to query that retrieve all culture in this table that doesn`t repetitive i use below sql code to do this before :

select distinct Culture from resources

in orm and with linq i use this function :

public IQueryable RetrieveCultures()
            {
                var query = (from q in scope.Extent<Resource>()
                             select new
                             {
                                 q.Culture
                             }).Distinct();

                return query;
            }

and then i call this function to bind return values to RadComboBox like this :

protected void RadComboBoxCultures_ItemsRequested(object o, Telerik.Web.UI.RadComboBoxItemsRequestedEventArgs e)
    {
        RadComboBoxCultures.DataSource = resourceManager.RetrieveCultures();
        RadComboBoxCultures.DataBind();
    }

but i have this error :

Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Linq.IQueryable<AnonymousType#1>' to 'System.Linq.IQueryable<EandE.Framework.Entities.Utilities.Resource>'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

what is the right solution ? what is the right linq expression for distinct ? how can i do the right casting?

[amir sherafatian]

how can i get distinct ?

what is the right linq expression and how can i return my result set from function (what is the right cast to handle error that i tell above)?

is there any body to give me a sample function that return a result set that are dustinct ?

[IT-Als]

Hellow amir,

Maybe I don't understand your class structure in full, so sorry if it is so...But it seems like you try to bind to a Resource instance, eventhough what is returned from the query is a Culture (don't know if this is a class or a simple type) instance

Makes sense?

Regards

HG

[amir sherafatian]

i say my quesion in other side,
my Resource Class structure is like below :

[Telerik.OpenAccess.Persistent(IdentityField = "FId")]
    public class Resource
    {
        private int FId;
        private string FName;
        private string FDefaultValue;
        private string FValue;
        private string FCulture;
        private ModuleType FModuleType;
        private ObjectType FObjectType;
        private string FNote;
    }

i need a function that return all culture  as distinct,
my mean is ( select distinct Culture from Resource ) in TSql or ( (from q in db.Resource select new {q.Culture}).Distinct(); ) in Linq

and now my problem is :
a function with linq in open access that return distinct result set

[IT-Als]

Hi amir,

Did you try the following:

public IQueryable RetrieveCultures()
            {
                var query = (from q in scope.Extent<Resource>()
                             select q.Culture).Distinct();
                return query;
            }

/HG

[amir sherafatian]

hi again /
what can i do for this : ???
( select distinct Field1,Field2,.. from MyTable  )
is there any body here to give me a function like above with linq in OpenAccess that return resault set ?

[IT-Als]

Hi amir,

I will try to explain further then. See the sample below:

        public List<object> GetUniqueCultures()
        {
            var q = (
                from r in scope.Extent<Resource>()
                select r.Culture)
                .Distinct();

            List<object> cultures = new List<object>();

            foreach (var c in q)
            {
                cultures.Add(new { Culture = c });
            }

            return cultures;
        }

The result of the above method you assign to your datasource like:

ComboBoxCultures.DataSource = GetUniqueCultures();

Does it make sense?

Regards

/HG


PS. You could also have a look in the "LinqDemonstrationProject" in the "Examples" folder within your OpenAccess installation directory, if you have not already done so.