Question

I am troubled with the string comparison query in linq. I want statusid for which statustype as my desired string say “Draft”. Below is the query

var result = (from Roaster_RequestStatus status in statuses
                        where status.StatusName.Equals("Draft")
                        select status).ToList<Roaster_RequestStatus>();

But result showing count of 0 even my list statuses contains StatusName as “Draft”
also i tried below query which provides value 0 for i.

var i = (from Roaster_RequestStatus status in statuses
                         where status.StatusName.Equals("Draft")
                         select status.StatusID).Distinct().FirstOrDefault();

Please help if there is any syntax or logical error is present in the code

Answer 1

This will work :-

var result = (from Roaster_RequestStatus status in statuses
                        where status.StatusName.Contains("Draft")
                        select status).ToList<Roaster_RequestStatus>();