How do I concatenate strings in Entity Framework 4 I have a data from a column and I want to save as a string a comma separated string like \"value1, value2, value3\" Is the
Took @Yakimych answer and thought would provide mine if someone needed:
using (myDBEntities db = new myDBEntities())
{
var results = db.Table
.ToList()
.Where(x => x.LastName.StartsWith("K"))
.Select(
x => new
{
x.ID,
Name = x.LastName + ", " + x.FirstName
}
);
lstCoaches.DataValueField = "ID";
lstCoaches.DataTextField = "Name";
lstCoaches.DataSource = results;
lstCoaches.DataBind();
ListItem item = new ListItem
{
Value = "0",
Text = "-- Make a Selection --"
};
lstCoaches.Items.Insert(0,item);
lstCoaches.SelectedIndex = 0;
}