Error: The entity or complex type cannot be constructed in a LINQ to Entities query

Question

I have a problem with join query with MVC and i dont know why.

The entity or complex type 'Tusofona_Website.Models.site_noticias' cannot be constructed in a LINQ to Entities query.

My Controller:

    private TusofonaDBs db = new TusofonaDBs();

    //
    // GET: /DestaquesMain/

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        var query = (from sd in db.site_desquesnoticias
                    join sn in db.site_noticias on sd.IDNoticia equals sn.IDNoticia
                    where sn.Destaque == 1
                    select new site_noticias {
                        CorpoNoticia = sn.CorpoNoticia,
                        TituloNoticia = sn.TituloNoticia
                    }).ToList();

        //return View(db.site_desquesnoticias.ToList());
          return View(query);

    }

My Model:

public class site_destaquesnoticias
{
    [Key]
    public Int32 IDDestaque { get; set; }
    public Int32 IDNoticia { get; set; }
    public string Foto { get; set; }


}

public class site_noticias
{
    [Key]
    public Int32 IDNoticia { get; set; }
    public string CorpoNoticia { get; set; }
    public string TituloNoticia { get; set; }
    public string Foto { get; set; }
    public Int32 Destaque { get; set; }
}

public class TusofonaDBs : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<site_destaquesnoticias> site_desquesnoticias { get; set; }
    public DbSet<site_noticias> site_noticias { get; set; }
}

Anyone can help me?

Answer 1

You can't project onto a mapped entity (see this answer).

However, you can do a couple of things:

1) Select an anonymous type instead of entity like:

var query = (from sd in db.site_desquesnoticias
                    join sn in db.site_noticias on sd.IDNoticia equals sn.IDNoticia
                    where sn.Destaque == 1
                    select new {
                        CorpoNoticia = sn.CorpoNoticia,
                        TituloNoticia = sn.TituloNoticia
                    }).ToList();

2) Invert your query to select the site_noticias directly. That depends on the query and the data that you would like to retrieve. For example, you can have a look if the following will work and give you the data that you need:

var query = (from sd in db.site_desquesnoticias
                    join sn in db.site_noticias on sd.IDNoticia equals sn.IDNoticia
                    where sn.Destaque == 1
                    select sn).ToList();

3) Use some DTO (Data transfer object) to project the properties that you want to select on to:

   public class SiteNoticiasDTO{
     public string CorpoNoticia {get;set;}
     public string TituloNoticia {get;set;}
    }

var query = (from sd in db.site_desquesnoticias
                    join sn in db.site_noticias on sd.IDNoticia equals sn.IDNoticia
                    where sn.Destaque == 1
                    select new SiteNoticiasDTO {
                        CorpoNoticia = sn.CorpoNoticia,
                        TituloNoticia = sn.TituloNoticia
                    }).ToList();