property remove from the list

Question

Remove property from a list

        NorthwindDataContext db = new NorthwindDataContext();
        List<CategorySml> oList = new List<CategorySml>();
        oList = db.Categories.Select(p => new CategorySml { CategoryID = p.CategoryID, CategoryName = p.CategoryName }).ToList();

class CategorySml

{
    public int CategoryID { get; set; }
    public string CategoryName { get; set; }
}

My list contain more than 100 rows,Now i want to remove CategoryID property from my list oList .I know how to remove item from a list bellow syntax can do that,but i don't know how to remove property's of a item

oList.RemoveAll(x => x.CategoryID== 1);

Help me to remove property from a list.Thanks in advance.

You really should accept the answers that are correct – Noah Oct 28 '11 at 21:34 — Noah, Oct 28 '11 at 21:34

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '11 at 07:10

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If you want to "remove" the property you will have create new type without this property:

oList = db.Categories.Select(p => new YourNewCategorySml { 
  CategoryName = p.CategoryName })
  .ToList();

or use the anonymous type:

oList = db.Categories.Select(p => new { CategoryName = p.CategoryName })
  .ToList();

answered Oct 10 '11 at 07:10

Karel Frajták

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thanks ,it's a good technique to avoid unwanted properties.thanks – shamim Oct 10 '11 at 07:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '11 at 07:10

How about inheritance?

class BaseCategory
{
  public string CategoryName { get; set; }
}
class CategorySml : BaseCategory

{
    public int CategoryID { get; set; }
}

NorthwindDataContext db = new NorthwindDataContext();
        List<BaseCategory> oList = new List<BaseCategory>();
        oList = db.Categories.Select(p => new BaseCategory{ CategoryName = p.CategoryName }).ToList();

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '11 at 10:32

You can do this by an anonymous type variable

try
            {
               NorthwindDataContext db= new NorthwindDataContext();
               var oList = db.Categories.Select(p => new { Categoryname = p.CategoryName }).ToList();                
               dg.DataSource = oList;



                MessageBox.Show("OK"); 
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);   
            }

property remove from the list

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