ADO.NET Data Service Question

I have this:
            1  GMSEntities gmsSvc = new GMSEntities(new Uri("/GMSDataService.svc", UriKind.Relative));
            2  var query = from c in gmsSvc.GateDefs
            3              where c.Gate.Trim().Equals("") == false
            4              orderby c.ViewOrder ascending
            5              select c;
            6  DataServiceQuery<GateDefs> gateDefsQuery = (DataServiceQuery<GateDefs>)q ...