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I believe it is null;<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mattwar/archive/2007/07/30/linq-building-an-iqueryable-provider-part-i.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mattwar/archive/2007/07/30/linq-building-an-iqueryable-provider-part-i.aspx</a>
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I believe it is null;

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mattwar/archive/2007/07/30/linq-building-an-iqueryable-provider-part-i.aspx [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mattwar/archive/2007/07/30/linq-building-an-iqueryable-provider-part-i.aspx]

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This turns out to be the correct answer.
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Testing proves out that x is not null when the statement is executed.
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Testing proves out that x is not null when the statement is executed.

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In the attached code, if there are no records, will &quot;x&quot; be null? &nbsp;If not, what will it be?<br />
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Thanks.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-8208778">var x = from i in dc.table where i.field == &quot;xyz&quot; select i;</code></pre>
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In the attached code, if there are no records, will "x" be null?  If not, what will it be?

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What does IQueryable with no records return to C# program

C# is an object-oriented programming language created in conjunction with Microsoft’s .NET framework. Compilation is usually done into the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), which is then JIT-compiled to native code (and cached) during execution in the Common Language Runtime (CLR).