ASP.NET MVC: search in data entry form

Question

and thanks for reading.

I am building a data entry form. I am trying to figure out a way to let the user to provide a criteria (last name for instance), search the emplo

Answer 1

I suggest using Linq.

Consider Scott Gu's Example blog........

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/05/19/using-linq-to-sql-part-1.aspx

public static void GetEmployeeIDByLastName(string lastName)
{

DataContext dc = new DataContext();

var queryResult = from q in dc.Employee
            where q.EmployeeLastName.Equals(lastName)
            select new {
                EmployeeID = q.EmployeeID
                      }

foreach(var empID in queryResult)
        {
             //pass the empID value back to the display
        }
}