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

Scope of anonymous types are limited to the method in which they are defined. In your case, you better declare a separate class with the relevant properties and return a collection of the instances of that class. For e.g.

public class UserDetail
{
   public int Id{get;set;}
   public string UserName {get;set;}
}

public static List GetMembersItems(string ProjectGuid)
    {
        using (PMEntities context = new PMEntities("name=PMEntities"))
        {
            var items = context.Knowledge_Project_Members.Include("Knowledge_Project").Include("Profile_Information")
                        .Where(p => p.Knowledge_Project.Guid == ProjectGuid)
                        .Select(row => new UserDetail{ IdMember = row.IdMember, UserName = row.Profile_Information.UserName });

            return items.ToList();
        }
    }