Linq dynamic where count?

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Linq dynamic where count?

c# dynamic-linq linq where

Question

Is it possible to use list in where. I want somethink like this:

public class Customer
{
    string FirtsName;
    string LastName;
    int Number;
    .....
}

I want to filter customers with using checkboxes. If I select FirstName and Number then where clause will be generated

.where(x=> x.FirstName == "SomeFirstName" && x.Number == someNumber)

If I select only number then where clause will be generated

.where(x.Number == someNumber)

If I select FirstName, LastName and Number then where clause will be generated

.where(x=> x.FirstName == "SomeFirstName" && x.Number == someNumber && x.LastName == "LastName")

I mean not only dynamic column names, also I want to generate where clauses count, too. Column names and values are came from list:

I hope, I can explain. Thanks in advance.

AliRÄ±za AdÄ±yahÅŸi

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Use more then one step to generate the query:

var query = originalList.AsQueryable();

if(/*Filtering on First Name*/)
{
  query = query.where(x => x.FirstName == FirstNameSearchString);
}

if(/*Filtering on Last Name */)
{
  query = query.where(x => x.LastName == LastNameSearchString);
}

if(/*Filtering on Number*/)
{
  query = query.where(x => x.Number== NumberSearchString);
}

//..And so on

//Do stuff with query

If you don't want to do the multiple if statements I can think of two other ways:

Build your own expression trees by hand:

Expression Trees (C# and Visual Basic) How to: Use Expression Trees to BUild Dynamic Queries (C# and Visual Basic)

The other method is to create a complex where clause that used ANDs and ORs to only filter if this column searc option is selected:

.where(x => (IsFirstNameFilter == true && x.FirstName = FirstNameData) || (IsLastNameFilter == true && x.LastName = LastNameData) || ...);

With this one, you want to be careful about the execution time, hook up SQL Profiler to see what is happening.

I still recommend the first option.

SBurris

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Oliver · Accepted Answer · 12/14/2012 3:55:12 PM

Accepted Answer

You could give Dynamic LINQ a try. With this you could write something like:

var db = new NorthwindDataContext;
var query = db.Products.Where("CategoryID=2 And UnitPrice>3").OrderBy("SupplierId");

Oliver

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