System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable' does not contain any definition for 'ToList'

Question

Here is the problem. I am getting IEnumerable from ViewPage and when I tried it to convert List it is showing me error like:

'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Pax_Detail>' does not contain a definition for 'ToList' and no extension method 'ToList' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Pax_Detail>' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Here is my controller code:

[HttpPost] public ActionResult Edit_Booking(Booking model, IEnumerable<Pax_Detail> pax) {   List<Pax_Detail> paxList = new List<Pax_Detail>();   paxList = pax.ToList(); //getting error here   BookingDL.Update_Booking(model, paxList);   return View(); } 

I have applied same logic on another controller. And it is working fine. I don't know what problem it has. I have already clean, rebuild project and also restarted my laptop(though it was needed).

Answer 1

Are you missing a using directive for System.Linq?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb342261.aspx

Answer 2

You're missing a reference to System.Linq.

Add

using System.Linq 

to get access to the ToList() function on the current code file.

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To give a little bit of information over why this is necessary, Enumerable.ToList<TSource> is an extension method. Extension methods are defined outside the original class that it targets. In this case, the extension method is defined on System.Linq namespace.