Since this is an async method, the return expression must be of type 'Data' rather than 'Task<Data>'

Question

 public async Task<Data> GetData()
    {
        Task<Data> data = null;

        //This data will be fetched from DB
        Data obj = new Data();
        obj.ID = 1;
        obj.Name = "Test";

        //Need to 
        // data = obj;

        return Task.Run(() =>
        {
            return obj;
        });

    }

Error 1 Since this is an async method, the return expression must be of type 'WebApplication2.Data' rather than 'Task' \inb-fs01\Users\user\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\WebApplication2\WebApplication2\Home.aspx.cs 35 20 WebApplication2

Can someone help me sorting out this issue?

Answer 1

Where ever u are calling this function, try to put await before that call, like below:

Data obj = await GetData();

And return Data object simply from GetData() method.