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FarmFreshCode 225 posts 422 karma points

Jun 22, 2011 @ 14:33
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OrderBy a Specific Value - Members in Razor
Hello Everyone!
I am currently using v4.7.0 and I have a page that lists all of my "members" wich is actually a list of teachers. I want to display them on this page in order of their last name. I was hoping that the code below would allow me to do this however I get an error.
```
    var members = Member.GetAll;  
    foreach(var item in members.OrderBy("facultyLastName desc")){
      var facultyFname = item.getProperty("facultyFirstName").Value.ToString();
      var facultyLname = item.getProperty("facultyLastName").Value.ToString();
...
```
The error I get is...
```
Error loading Razor Script 
.......\Umbraco\App_Data\TEMP\Razor\inline-8c470d31e3635414de480b6d98382976.cshtml(245):
error CS0411: The type arguments for method 
'System.Linq.Enumerable.OrderBy(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable, System.Func)' cannot be inferred from the usage. 
Try specifying the type arguments explicitly.
```
I'm not sure if my code is wrong or if I fall into the problem listed here:
http://our.umbraco.org/forum/developers/razor/19400-OrderBy-not-working?p=0

If I do fall into that I guess I'll have to wait till v4.7.1 until I can get it fixed :-(
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Sebastiaan Janssen 4899 posts 14655 karma points MVP admin hq

Jun 22, 2011 @ 14:43
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I think the members collection can be ordered like this:
```
foreach (var item in members.OrderByDescending(x => x.getProperty("facultyLastName").Value.ToString())) {
 //do stuff
}
```
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FarmFreshCode 225 posts 422 karma points

Jun 22, 2011 @ 15:48

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Ok that worked.. Thanks Sebastiaan Janssen, but I guess I need it Ascending so that last names starting with "A" come first. If I change OrderByDecending to OrderByAscending I get an error.

error CS1061: 'System.Array' does not contain a definition for 'OrderByAscending' and no extension method 'OrderByAscending' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Array' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Is sorting it that way done differently?

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FarmFreshCode 225 posts 422 karma points

Jun 22, 2011 @ 15:50

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Nevermind... duh... just "OrderBy"... thanks!

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