Filling a DataSet or DataTable from a LINQ query result set

Question

How do you expose a LINQ query as an ASMX web service? Usually, from the business tier, I can return a typed DataSet or DataTable which can be seri

Answer 1

As mentioned in the question, IEnumerable has a CopyToDataTable method:

IEnumerable query =
    from order in orders.AsEnumerable()
    where order.Field("OrderDate") > new DateTime(2001, 8, 1)
    select order;

// Create a table from the query.
DataTable boundTable = query.CopyToDataTable();

Why won't that work for you?