Linq to Sql convert to generic list in VB.NET

Question

Hello everybody. I am trying to learn some VB.NET for my coo-op that starts next week, and for that reason i took my portfolio web site that is on C# and just started to converting it to VB.NET to get familiar with the syntax.

I am sure my problem is simple however i have a hard time solving it. I am trying to grab data with the linq query and then return it as list to bind to the Repeater.

I have the following function:

Public Function getProjects() As List(Of portfolio_website)
        Using myPortfolio As New PortfolioDataContext
            Try

                Dim myProjects = (From p In myPortfolio.portfolio_websites _
                                  Order By p.website_id Descending _
                                  Select New With {.name = p.website_name, .id = p.website_id}).Take(5)

                Return myProjects

            Catch ex As Exception
                Return Nothing
            End Try
        End Using
    End Function

However I am getting an error.

If i would do it in C# then myProjects will be var and in return i will have

return myProjects.ToList();

And it would work fine. However if I try to use ToList() in VB.NET i am getting error that it cannot convert it from ling to sql List to the generic list.

How do i do this convertion in VB.NET ? or maybe there is another way ?

I am decent when it comes to C# however somewhat lost with the VB.NET syntax.

Answer 1

I hate it. Second after I asked my question i realized my mystake. It is same as in C#, but if i take

Select New With {.name = p.website_name, .id = p.website_id

then i either need to have a custom object, or i need to take everything. So i changed my linq to sql to the

 Dim myProjects = (From p In myPortfolio.portfolio_websites _
                              Order By p.website_id Descending _
                              Select p).Take(5)

 Return myProjects.ToList()

and now everything is working.