Append custom value to a LINQ statement

Question

I have this LINQ2SQL statement:

var value = from o in DataContext.Table
            where o.Active == "Yes"
            orderby o.Name
            select o;

I'd like to append a new Name to this list (i.e. "Select Option 4");

I'm not sure how I can accomplish this (if I can)?

value could have:

Option 1
Option 2
Option 3

I also want to be able to add:

Select Option 4

no... I just want it at the end of the list. See my updated question — webdad3, Dec 30 '13 at 20:48
Do u need this for displaying purposes only? E.g. to display in a control? — Yuriy Galanter, Dec 30 '13 at 20:49
@webdad3 then don't do it in this LINQ statement/value. Add "Please Select" directly to combobox items - it does not belong with the data — Yuriy Galanter, Dec 30 '13 at 20:53
@YuriyGalanter - The combobox is bound to the value(s) from this statement. How would I go about doing it differently? — webdad3, Dec 30 '13 at 20:56
@webdad3 you can have both bound and manual items in combobox. Which one is it - ASP.NET? — Yuriy Galanter, Dec 30 '13 at 20:58
See for example this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1188402/combobox-with-empty-item — Yuriy Galanter, Dec 30 '13 at 21:03

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '13 at 20:49

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var value = (from o in DataContext.Table
            where o.Active == "Yes"
            orderby o.Name
            select o).AsEnumerable()
                     .Concat(new [] { new TableObject() });

Of course, it will not change your database content at all.

answered Dec 30 '13 at 20:49

MarcinJuraszek

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This doesn't seem to work for me? How does the TableObject add my value? – webdad3 Dec 30 '13 at 21:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 20:48

You can use Concat to concat another sequence, and then just put the one item you want into its own sequence:

value = value.Concat(new[]{"Select a different Option"});

If this is something you do often enough you can create an extension method to handle it for you:

public static IEnumerable<T> Concat<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, T item)
{
    return source.Concat(new[] { item });
}

Append custom value to a LINQ statement

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