Question

I have to select data from database using LINQ to SQL. There is a condition that i should select only record with ID not containing “0000” at begin ( whole ID number have six digits).

For example when I would want to select data starting with “0000” I will use:

var idList = (from s
    in db.TABLE
    where s.ID.StartsWith("0000")
    select s.ID
    );

but I need to use method more like NotStartsWith or NotContains instead of StartsWith. Is that possible?

Answer 1

Have you tried !s.ID.StartsWith("0000")? (i.e. using the negation operator !)