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user3178926
user3178926

Reputation: 339

No explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast)

My code did work but now it is telling me I have an explicit conversion in my return line. 

public IEnumerable<Contacts> GetAllContacts()
{
    var Contacts = from c in dbc.Contacts select c;
    return (IEnumerable<Contact>)Contacts;
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2167

Answers (1)

Blorgbeard
Blorgbeard

Reputation: 103555

You misunderstand the error message. It was actually (something like)

Unable to implicitly convert type System.IEnumerable<Contact> to System.IEnumerable<Contacts>. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?).

Which means that you are trying to return an IEnumerable<Contact> when the method signature says IEnumerable<Contacts> (note the s).

The compiler is saying that you could explicitly cast to IEnumerable<Contacts> (a conversion exists) - not that you are explicitly converting.

So you need to change your cast to (IEnumerable<Contacts>)Contacts, to match the method signature, and the result of your LINQ query.

Upvotes: 7

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