get list of genre reviews from business layer

sophia · March 28th, 2014, 01:43 PM

Hello Imar,
you have shown how we can create anonymous types and bind them to data bound controls.
like this

Code:

Using myDatabaseContext As DataContext = New DataContext()

            Dim favGenres = From a In myDatabaseContext.Genres_
                    Order By a.Name _
                    Select New With {a.Name, a.Reviews}

            Repeater1.DataSource = favGenres
            Repeater1.DataBind()

End Using

but how do I return the same result if put this code into a separate class library. I can not return anonymous type.

Can you please give me code for the same.

Thanks

Imar · March 31st, 2014, 07:01 AM

Hi Sophia,

You can't pass anonymous objects back from a function; they only exist within the context (like a function) you define them in.

You can create a class that has the same field as your anonymous object and return an instance of that class instead. At the end of the function, you create an instance of this new class, and then copy over the fields from the anonymous object into your new class.

Hope this helps,

Imar

sophia · April 4th, 2014, 11:49 PM

Thanks Imar, for shedding light on the topic.