Returning a Distinct IQueryable with LINQ?

Question

I\'m writing a Function that pulls Records from a DataBase using LINQ to get an IQueryable. This LINQ statement will pull all of the records for Active users within a certai

Answer 1

Making some assumptions around the names of the various fields in the objects:

public static IQueryable GetActiveEmployees_Grid(string Period)
{
    DataContext Data = new DataContext();
    var Employees = (from c in DataSystem_Records
                     where c.Period == Period
                     orderby c.DataSystem_Employees.LName
                     select new { FirstName = c.DataSystem_Employees.FName, LastName = c.DataSystem_Employees.LName, ID = c.DataSystem_Employees.ID }).Distinct();

    return Employees;
}

To follow the MVC pattern you might want to lift this query into your Model and return a specific class that contains those fields.