how do i use a ado.net dataservice to check if a row exists?

var svc = new LocationDataServiceContext();
var q = from c in svc.LocationTable
                      where c.ID == int.Parse(location.ID)
                      select c;
if (q.ToArray().Length == 0)

id there a neater way to do this?

From stackoverflow

• yes, I believe so...

      var svc = new LocationDataServiceContext();
  
      if (svc.LocationTable.SingleOrDefault(c => c.ID == int.Parse(location.ID) != null))
      {
  
      }
  

  I thought there was an Exist() method... but I guess not.

  J.13.L : The Exist() method is part of IList or one of its bases... But you would want to convert it to a List cause then you'd be pulling all the records...