How to handle error “method 'First' can only be used as a final query operation”

Question

I want to retrieve data from the database in different tables by relation, but I get an error that I don\'t know how to handle.

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Answer 1

Your solution, as the error states - is to use FirstOrDefault. This, however, will return null if the result of ProductName query is empty, meaning you'd get a NullReferenceException from FirstOrDefault().Product.ProductsName.Name. This is solved by moving the property transform earlier in the query, before the call to FirstOrDefault():

a = (from c in db.Invoices where c.CustomerID == customer_id select new { 
     customerName=c.Customer.Name,
     ProductName=c.InvoiceItems.Where(x=> x.InvoiceId==c.InvoiceId)
                               .Select(i => i.Product.ProductsName.Name)
                               .FirstOrDefault()
}).ToList();