How to implement search functionality in C#/ASP.NET MVC

Question

I am developing an ASP.NET MVC 3 application using C# and Razor.

I have a search form that looks like this:

Answer 1

Not sure if you are using MS SQL. Seems SQL could do most of the work for you, and you can build dynamic queries. Obviously the select/from statement needs work, but you can get the idea from the where clause.

DECLARE @SEARCHTYPE VARCHAR(20)
DECLARE @SEARCHTERM VARCHAR(100)

SELECT
    [FIELDS]
FROM
    [TABLE]
WHERE
    (@SEARCHTYPE = 'BEGINSWITH' AND [FIELD] LIKE @SEARCHTERM + '%') OR
    (@SEARCHTYPE = 'ENDSWITH' AND [FIELD] LIKE '%' + @SEARCHTERM) OR
    (@SEARCHTYPE = 'EQUALS' AND [FIELD] = @SEARCHTERM)