Question

I M New to Linq, I M Searching articles using

DBSearchDataContext db = new DBSearchDataContext();

        object q = from b in db.Articles
                   where b.Tags.Contains(val) |
                   b.NewsTitle.Contains(val) |
                   b.EnglishContent.Contains(val)
                   select b;

I Can not exclude results where category = video or photos

Please help me to exclude category where value is “videos” or “Photographs”

Answer 1

DBSearchDataContext db = new DBSearchDataContext();          
object q = from b in db.Articles                    
           where 
           (b.Tags.Contains(val) ||                    
           b.NewsTitle.Contains(val) ||                    
           b.EnglishContent.Contains(val)) && 
           !( b.SomeCategoryList.Containts("videos") || b.SomeCategoryList.Contains("photos") )
           select b;