cannot implicitly convert type 'system.linq.iQueryable, an explicit conversion exist

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hey guys I am trying to write this query in my Business Object class, when I try to return var matchingChild I get an error message as above

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public static List<Case_MC_ReporterView> Search(string txt)
{

    List<Case_MC_ReporterView> l = new  List<Case_MC_ReporterView>();

    MissingChildDBDataContext db = new MissingChildDBDataContext();
    var matchingChild = from children in db.Case_MC_ReporterViews
                        where children.MC_FirstName.StartsWith(txt)
                        select children;
    return matchingChild;

}

Can anybody help me with this?
many Thanks,
Chetan.

Posted 19-Aug-10 4:32am

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Shani Natav · Answer 1 · 2010-08-19T04:54:00

Instead of

C#

return matchingChild;

write

C#

return matchingChild.ToList();

All Linq to sql Queries use a mechanism microsoft calls
Deferred execution, which means the query is not realy executed until you enumerate it (Go Over the results).
When you enumerate the results with
1) ToList
2) ToArray
3) FirstOrDefault, First
4) SingOrDefault, Single
5) Count
Etc, etc...

Which are all extension methods of IEnumerable Interface
(Which IQueryable Inherits from)

So instead of returning the deferred query, just do a to list operation.