Question

I know Where() searches through my database for anything that matches and returns me a list, however it matches whole words. How do you search through the database and find everything without matching whole words?

For example, the user wants to search for: funny

then my search function will return anything that has the word “funny” in it, such as

• funnygirls
• funnydogs
• funnypeople
• funnybikes; etc…

I implemented the Where(), but it doesn’t do the feature above? Is there any fixes? or any Alternatives?

Edit:

Context Code:

   public static List<PhotoAlbumDto> searchAlbumsFromDA(string inputName)
   {
       EzPrintsEntities db = new EzPrintsEntities();
       List<PhotoAlbum> albums = new List<PhotoAlbum>();
       albums = db.PhotoAlbums.Where(b => b.NAME == inputName).ToList();
   }

This returns me only things that match “funny” EXACTLY… so in other words, I can’t search up everything that only has the word “funny” in it, such as funnycats… Only “funny” will be returned, and nothing else.

Answer 1

Try something like

albums = db.PhotoAlbums.Where(b => b.NAME.Contains("funny")).ToList();