return list with anonymous type in entity framework

Question

How i can return list with anonymous type, because with this code i get

\"The type or namespace name \'T\' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or a

Answer 1

The class Tuple<> is made for situations like this. Creating a custom class as already suggested is clearer, but Tupple gets the job done too.

e.g.

.Select(row => new Tuple(row.IdMember,row.Profile_Information.UserName))

to access the member properties at the other side of the wire, you'll need to use:

var id=t.Item1
var name=t.Item2