The first ternary statement in the following code is returning "null". myID is coming back as null. However, if the ternary statement worked properly, and a.someID is null, then myID should come back as -1. myID is a nullable int field. Do you know why I'm not getting back a -1? Thanks.
public List<myView> GetRecords()
{
myEntities entities = new myEntities();
var myValue = (from a in entities.myEntitiesA
join b in entities.myEntitiesB on a.myID equals b.myID into myEntitesC
from c in myEntitesC.DefaultIfEmpty()
select new myView
{
myID = a.someID == null ? -1 : a.someID,
myName = a.myName,
myAlternateID = c.myID == null ? -1 : c.myID,
myAlternateName = c.myName == null ? "" : c.myName,
}).Distinct().OrderBy(b => b.myName).ToList();
return (myValue);
}
EDIT - I've gotten rid of the DefaultIfEmpty() for the sake of testing, but my results are the same.