LINQ2SQL LIKE Command for Phrase

Question

I am trying to retrieve a list of string where it contains \"Britney Spears\", and this is what I use

from p in Objects
where p.Title.Contains(\"Britney Spea         


        

Answer 1

Just use StartsWith() and EndsWith() to simulate the pattern. AFAIK, LINQ-to-SQL doesn't support wildcards.

from p in Objects
where p.Title.StartsWith("Britney") && c.Title.EndsWith("Spears")
select p;

Otherwise you could execute a query directly if you have a more complex pattern.

db.ExecuteQuery("SELECT * "
                        + "FROM Objects "
                        + "WHERE Title LIKE 'Britney%Spears'");