Question
This is a small application used on a company intranet by 4 people at the most, and I am new to C# and .NET, so the solution does not have to be grandiose.
I am trying to create a search field for simple .NET C.R.U.D app where the user can pick a category they wish to search from (such as Application Name, or Manager) and then a text-box where they can filter the results based on that field name. The items in the drop down menu are the class field members and I would like for all of them to be searchable. I'm using the Dynamic Linq Library to create a string so that I can pass the column name at run-time but for some reason my queries return no results.
Here is my current query
dr_details = dr_details.Where("@0 == @1",searchType, searchString);
So for instance, searchType & searchString get their values from the query string (We'll say "Manager" and "Joe", respectively) so that the query should be substituted as:
dr_details = dr_details.Where("Manager == Joe");
this gives me no results. However if I hard code the string "Manager == Joe" into the query runs fine.
Any suggestions? This problem would make me yank out my hair if it was long enough! :p
Accepted Answer
You don't necessarily have to use dynamic linq for this if you don't want.
Try something like this:
var query = myList.AsQueryable();
switch(searchType)
{
case "Manger":
query = query.where(x=> x.Manager == searchString);
break;
case "....":
break;
default:
// No search type match in string... an exception? your call
break;
}
I find this more intuitive since it "builds" the query as it goes...
Edit:
If that is too painful try following this post
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