I came across an innocent-looking Linq problem the other day that really had me baffled for some time.
It’s easiest explained using the ubiquitous Northwind database (although just about any other relational database would probably do). Suppose you want a list of customers with their orders. Pretty easy eh?
Erm no, it wasn’t!
Linq is great for grabbing entity objects. The code is simple, and you end up with known objects that you can use.
But, when you want to deal with anything slightly off the beaten track, it gets a bit harder. For example, if you have a Linq query that returns an anonymous type, you can easily manipulate it in the same code block.
Here I detail an early exploration into the world of anonymous types
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