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C# Entity Framework Basics LINQ Queries Writing a List Query

Daniel Hildreth
Daniel Hildreth
16,170 Points
Posted by Daniel Hildreth
Daniel Hildreth
16,170 Points

Writing a LINQ query challenge task 1

I need some help with this challenge. The directions say the following:

In Repository.cs update the GetCourses method to return a list of the available courses. Instantiate an instance of the Context class within a using statement. Return the results of calling ToList on the context's Courses DbSet property.

My code is attached below. What am I doing wrong, and can you explain why what I have written is not correct?

Repository.cs 
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Linq;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public static class Repository
    {
        public static List<Course> GetCourses()
        {
            using (var context = new Context())
            {
                var courses = context.Courses.ToList();
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points

You forgot to return the results.

The challenge said to return the results of the method call, but you assigned them to a new variable named courses instead.

Daniel Hildreth
Daniel Hildreth
16,170 Points
Daniel Hildreth
Daniel Hildreth
16,170 Points

Thanks! Overthought the question on that.