How to convert LINQ query result to list and return generic List? -

i used generic orm list example.

this table.

person table  guid name lastname 

and struct class.

 public struct personitem   // database , class field names same     {         public guid   guid{ get; set; }          public string name { get; set; }         public string lastname { get; set; }     }     public struct personitems     {         public personitems()         {             items = new list<personitem>();         }          public list<personitem> items { get; set; }     } 

i'm using such , no problem have write field's

public personitems getpersons()         {             var query = (from p in _dbentities.t_crew                          select p).tolist();              if (query != null)             {                 foreach (var item in query)                 {                     _personitems.items.add(new personitem                         {                             guid = item.guid,                             name = item.name,                             lastname = item.lastname                          });                 }             }              return _personitems;          }         public personitems getpersons()     {         personitems personitems = new personitems();          var query = p in _dbentities.t_person                     select p; >> here query need convert linq query result list         personitems = query.tolist();        return personitems ;     }  error 

cannot implicitly convert type system.collections.generic.list' persondata.personitems'.

try this

 public personitems getpersons()     {         personitems personitems = new personitems();          var query = (from p in _dbentities.t_person                     select new personitems                      {                         test = p.somename,                         //other stuff                         //...                     }).tolist();        return query;     }