Question

I have an entity and its mapping:

public class Test
{
    public virtual int Id { get; set; }
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
    public virtual string Description { get; set; }
}

public class TestMap : EntityMap<Test>
{
    public TestMap()
    {
        Id(x => x.Id);
        Map(x => x.Name);
        Map(x => x.Description);
    }
}

I’m trying to run a query on it (to grab it out of the database):

var keyword = "test" // this is coming in from the user
keyword = keyword.ToLower(); // convert it to all lower-case

var results = session.Linq<Test>
    .Where(x => x.Name.ToLower().Contains(keyword));

results.Count(); // execute the query

However, whenever I run this query, I get the following exception:

Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the
collection. Parameter name: index

Am I right when I say that, currently, Linq to NHibernate does not support ToLower()? And if so, is there an alternative that allows me to search for a string in the middle of another string that Linq to NHibernate is compatible with? For example, if the user searches for kap, I need it to match Kapiolani, Makapuu, and Lapkap.

Answer 1

I had this happen recently. I can tell you that ToLower() does not work and that Contains() and StartsWith() do work and are not case sensitive. You can get the desired affect by using Contains() and StartsWith() directly.