I can make this work but the resulting object is different and I can't get to the table columns. I am sending two images form my watch list. queryvar is the link result object and dcvar is the var within a foreach loop.

        public IQueryable getDirectory()
        {
            IQueryable queryobj = null;
            queryobj = from dr in this.oEFobject.DIRECTORies
                        select new
                        {
                            dr.ADDRESS1,
                            dr.ADDRESS2,
                            dr.CITY,
                            dr.COMPANYNAME
                        };

            return queryobj;
        }

>>Hi All
>>I have the class below that I want to use to data from my EF setup. I can't figure out what type to make the method so I can return the resulting LINQ object. The code below gives me this error.
>>
>>Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable AnonymousType#1 to 'System.Linq.Enumerable'
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>

>>    public class MyBizClass   
>>    {
>>        private CornMazeYellowPagesEntities oEFobject = null;
>>        public MyBizClass()
>>        {
>>            this.oEFobject = new CornMazeYellowPagesEntities();
>>        }
>>
>>        public Enumerable getDirectory()
>>        {
>>            //CornMazeYellowPagesEntities queryobj = null;
>>            var queryobj = from dr in this.oEFobject.DIRECTORies.AsEnumerable()
>>                        select new
>>                        {
>>                            dr.ADDRESS1,
>>                            dr.ADDRESS2,
>>                            dr.CITY,
>>                            dr.COMPANYNAME
>>                        };
>>
>>            //queryobj = 
>>             //    from dr in this.oEFobject.DIRECTORies 
>>             //           select dr;
>>
>>            return queryobj;
>>        }
>>    }
>>

The problem isn't with IEnumerable as such but because you are creating an anonymous type which, by definition, cannot be used outside of where it is created - i.e there's no way the object created by 'select new {}' can be used outside of the getDirectory() method. You could create a light-weight class to do the job - but define it somewhere where it can be accessible whereever it will be used.