Question

If I have a data table like this

id, Name, Address, Status

How would I in Linq search across multiple columns?

So if I enter a search term of “slappy” I’d want all matches in columns Name, Address and Status.

Is there an easy way or do I need to apply contains for each column?

Answer 1

var searchTerm = "slappy";
var result = context.table.Where(row => row.Name.Contains(searchTerm) ||
                                        row.Address.Contains(searchTerm) ||
                                        row.Status.Contains(searchTerm));