public List<Associate.Associate> GetApprovalRequest()
 {
     using (AssociateConnDataContext asscon = new AssociateConnDataContext())
     {
         var ids = (from a in asscon.Get_ApprovalRequest()
                    select new Associate.Associate()
                    {
                        AssociateID = a.AssociateID
                    }).ToList<Associate.Associate>();
         return ids;
     }
 }