Data source is an invalid type. It must be either an IListSource, IEnumerable, or IDataSource

Question

Data source is an invalid type. It must be either an IListSource, IEnumerable, or IDataSource. The error is displayed when I bind the grid view

var list = d         


        

Answer 1

Could the above not be shortend to..

var empInfo = dal.GetEmployeebyName(name);

GridViewEmployee.DataSource = empInfo.ToList();
GridViewEmployee.DataBind();