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Conditional Linq Queries

Using Entity Framework 4.0

I have a search condition like this

There are four fields that allow the users to filter their search. The conditions are all AND. The result has to omit the corresponding filter if the textbox value is String.Empty or the dropdownlist value is All. Could do this in a Stored Procedure but I am unable to mimic that at all in a Linq2SQL/ Entity Framework scenario.

My question is this, how to omit IEnumerable.Where in the Linq according to some entered values?

Answer 1

You can chain your where clauses. You just need an IQueryable datasource.

var filteredData = _repository.GetAll();
//If your data source is IEnumerable, just add .AsQueryable() to make it IQueryable

if(keyWordTextBox.Text!="")
    filteredData=filteredData.Where(m=>m.Keyword.Contains(keyWordTextBox.Text));

if(LocationDropDown.SelectedValue!="All")
    filteredData=filteredData.Where(m=>m.Location==LocationDropDown.SelectedValue));

... etc....

Because it is IQueryable, the data is not fetched until you bind it so it only pulls the data you need.