如何获取数据结果到IEnumerable？

Question

I should probably preface by saying I am relatively new at mvc coding

I have a data table that contains a name, address, lat and long values. I need to get the lat and long values into my controller in mvc 5 (there are about 10 records) and use those records.

I know probably the best way is IEnumerable but what I cannot figure out is how to get the values from the database to the IEnumerable (or list whichever is better)

Is this the best way to do this and if so could someone point me in the right direction with either some sample code or a good tutorial

So far what I have come up with is like this:

using (var context = new dbContext())
{
    foreach (var loc in context.Locations)
    {
        var locLat = loc.Lat;
        var locLng= loc.Long;
    }
}

Answer 1

Instead of doing a foreach loop, just use something like this:

var coordinates = context.Locations
                         .Select(loc => new { Lat = loc.Lat, Lng = loc.Long })
                         .ToList();

coordinates will then be a list of coordinate objects (Lat, Lng) which you can iterate through or do whatever you want with.

Answer 2

Try this

using (var context = new dbContext())
 {
       var newList = (from record in context.Locations
                  select new { lat = record.lat, log = record.log}).ToList();

 }

Linq select to new object