public Array GetCompetencyDefinitions() { var jsonSerialiser = new JavaScriptSerializer(); var listOfStrings = new List <string>(); string[] arrayOfStrings = listOfStrings.ToArray(); try { using (var db = new SSITrainingEntities()) { var result = db.sp_CACompetency_GetCompetencyDefinitions().ToArray(); var json = jsonSerialiser.Serialize(result); return(result); } } catch (Exception ex) { return(arrayOfStrings); } }