Question

I have a table of classes already defined, but one request has been to allow selection based on categories. Rather than creating a new table with the relevant classes categorized, I’d like to instantiate either a String or List that can be traversed to build a query.

For example, the class numbers 14891, 14898, 14899, ect are all Art-style classes.

Is it possible to do something like

int[] artList= {14891, 14989, 14899, .... };

and then build a query like

var query = from c in classTable where artList.contains(c.classID) select c;

I’m a complete newbie to ASP and complicated SQL queries as this, so I appreciate the help.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible.

// This is the declaration for an array:
int[] artList = new int [] {14891, 14989, 14899}; 
// And your query is just fine! Of course, you knew that, right? :)
var query = from c in classTable where artList.contains(c.classID) select c;

What kept you from trying, again? 🙂