I'm having a problem with a linq query. I have used this similarly before but i cannot understand what could be wrong now.
Errors
The best overloaded method match for 'System.Collections.Generic.List.Contains(int)' has some invalid arguments
Argument '1': cannot convert from 'int?' to 'int' ; refers to the where clause of rTestResults
Code:
List<int> rMTCPlates = (from rP in mDataContext.Plates
where rP.SOItem.SONumberID == aSONumber
select rP.ID).ToList();
var rTestResults = from rT in mDataContext.TestSamplesViews
where rMTCPlates.Contains(rT.PlateID)
select rT;
Any idea whats going on?
Any help appreciated,
Thanks
You can use the null-coalescing operator here:
var rTestResults = from rT in mDataContext.TestSamplesViews
where rMTCPlates.Contains(rT.PlateID ?? 0)
select rT;
That's because the ID field is nullable, while the items in the collection are not.
You probably forgot to mark it as not-null in the database so the designer, generated it this way.
Best thing mark in the DB is not-null and refresh data.
Besides, U didn't specify which LINQ you're using, assuming you linq the DB, I am not sure the Contains extension method works in Linq to Sql or Linq to Entities, you might get another NotSupportedException even after you fix the above.
Therefore, either use two queries, the first to access the DB and the second to retrieve you value from the loaded collection, or consider using 'Contains()' workaround using Linq to Entities?.
And if you're using linq-to objects and you don't care about all the trash said above, just use the following:
var rTestResults = from rT in mDataContext.TestSamplesViews
where rT.PlateID.HasValue &&
rMTCPlates.Contains(rT.PlateID.Value)
select rT.Value;
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