title: Populating dropdown with LINQ query that has a calculated column
body: <p>I'm using a function to return a number of years calculated from a datetime column, and am having trouble figuring out how to reference the calculated column when trying to populate a dropdown.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my Linq query:</p>
  
  <pre><code> var q = (from a in db.Applications
            where a.uID == ID
            select a.date.Year).Distinct();
   return q.ToList();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So, when I go to populate the dropdown...</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dropdown1.DataTextField = ?????
  </code></pre>