Using contains() in LINQ to SQL

Question

I\'m trying to implement a very basic keyword search in an application using linq-to-sql. My search terms are in an array of strings, each array item being one word, and I

Answer 1

Using the NinjaNye.SearchExtension nuget package allows you to perform this search with ease:

string[] terms = new[]{"search", "term", "collection"};
var result = db.Parts.Search(terms, p => p.PartName);

You could also search multiple string properties

var result = db.Parts.Search(terms, p => p.PartName, p.PartDescription);

Or perform a RankedSearch which returns IQueryable<IRanked<T>> which simply includes a property which shows how many times the search terms appeared:

//Perform search and rank results by the most hits
var result = db.Parts.RankedSearch(terms, p => p.PartName, p.PartDescription)
                     .OrderByDescending(r = r.Hits);

There is a more extensive guide on the projects GitHub page: https://github.com/ninjanye/SearchExtensions

Hope this helps future visitors