Cannot implicitly convert type system linq IQueryable to system collections generic List

Question

Unable to fetch Data from View Model Controller to View,i have properly checked the working of query in LINQpad. However I am missing the conversion of the output of query whic

Answer 1

You create a vm like this:

ProductRegistrationViewModelVM  vm = new ProductRegistrationViewModelVM();

Then you assign an IQueryable which returns anonymous types to it. That will not pass. Then you try and add a new instance of your view model to it and that will not work either:

vm.Add(new ProductRegistrationViewModelVM());

Fix

Try this instead:

var vm = ( from p in db.Products
         join i in db.Images on p.ProductId equals i.Product_Id
         join s in db.Specifications on p.ProductId equals s.Product_Id
         select new ProductRegistrationViewModelVM
         {
            //Product
            p.Name,
            p.Produt_Code,
            p.Description,
            //Image
            i.Image_Description,
            i.Image_Name,
            i.image1,
            //Specifications
            s.Sz_Measurement_Unit,
            s.Size,
            s.Wg_Measurement_Unit,
            s.Weight,
            s.Price_Set,
            s.Price_Sold
         } );

return View( vm.ToList() );

And make sure your view accepts a Model as List.