Question

I am going to try and word this as simplified as possible because the question I have is rather complex ( or so I think!!!).

Currently I have a variable tied to a repeater, which lists a group of profiles for various employees within the business.

Within the variable, I have a field “Job_Title” which contains both the sector they work in and the job title separated by a ‘/’. What I am trying to achieve is assigning a set DIV Class based upon the sector within the “Job_Title” string.

Now I can achieve this on a single profile by doing the following

DT_Control_Profile Pro =
    db.DT_Control_Profiles
      .SingleOrDefault(x => x.PageControlID == PageControl_ID);

if (Pro != null)
{

    String[] cutsector = Pro.Job_Title.Split('/');
    foreach (string s in cutsector)
    {
        if (s.Trim().ToUpper() == "WELL ENGINEERING")
        {
            DIV_SECOTR.Attributes.Add("class", "sectorcon conwelleng");
        }
        else if (s.Trim().ToUpper() == "RESEVOIR ENGINEERING")
        {
            DIV_SECOTR.Attributes.Add("class", "sectorcon conreseng");
        }
        else if (s.Trim().ToUpper() == "GEO SCIENCES")
        {
            DIV_SECOTR.Attributes.Add("class", "sectorcon congeoscie");
        }
        else if (s.Trim().ToUpper() == "FACILITES ENGINEERING")
        {
            DIV_SECOTR.Attributes.Add("class", "sectorcon confacilieng");
        }
    };

However I am struggling to conjure a way of achieving this using a variable, which pulls multiple profiles onto a page!

So far I have this:

var leaders = from x in db.DT_Control_Profiles
              where x.FeatureProfile == true
                 && x.DT_PageControl.DT_SitePage.VennID == codesnippets.VennID
              select new
              {
                  img = Path + x.ImageUrl,
                  x.Job_Title,
                  x.Name,
                  about = codesnippets.StringSize(x.Biography, 100),
                  link = "~/" + x.DT_PageControl.DT_SitePage.PageName,
              };

I think that the solution would lie in a foreach loop but I have no idea where to begin!

Can anyone point me in the right direction??

Answer 1

You should be able to call a function inside your linq query. Create a function like this:

public static string GetHtmlClass(DT_Control_Profile Pro)
{
    String result = "";
    String[] cutsector = Pro.Job_Title.Split('/');
    foreach (string s in cutsector)
    {
        if (s.Trim().ToUpper() == "WELL ENGINEERING")
        {
            result += "sectorcon conwelleng ";
        }
        else if (s.Trim().ToUpper() == "RESEVOIR ENGINEERING")
        {
            result += "sectorcon conreseng ";
        }
        else if (s.Trim().ToUpper() == "GEO SCIENCES")
        {
            result += "sectorcon congeoscie ";
        }
        else if (s.Trim().ToUpper() == "FACILITES ENGINEERING")
        {
            result += "sectorcon confacilieng ";
        }
    }
}

After which your query should work like this:

var leaders = from x in db.DT_Control_Profiles
              where x.FeatureProfile == true
                 && x.DT_PageControl.DT_SitePage.VennID == codesnippets.VennID
              select new
              {
                  img = Path + x.ImageUrl,
                  x.Job_Title,
                  x.Name,
                  about = codesnippets.StringSize(x.Biography, 100),
                  link = "~/" + x.DT_PageControl.DT_SitePage.PageName,
                  class = GetHtmlClass(x)
              };

That should get you the class right in your query result.