How to do SQL Like % in Linq?

Question

I have a procedure in SQL that I am trying to turn into Linq:

SELECT O.Id, O.Name as Organization
FROM Organizations O
JOIN OrganizationsHierarchy OH ON O.Id         


        

Answer 1

Try this, this works fine for me

from record in context.Organization where record.Hierarchy.Contains(12) select record;

Answer 2

System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.SqlMethods.Like("mystring", "%string")

Answer 3

Contains is used in Linq ,Just like Like is used in SQL .

string _search="/12/";

. . .

.Where(s => s.Hierarchy.Contains(_search))

You can write your SQL script in Linq as Following :

 var result= Organizations.Join(OrganizationsHierarchy.Where(s=>s.Hierarchy.Contains("/12/")),s=>s.Id,s=>s.OrganizationsId,(org,orgH)=>new {org,orgH});

Answer 4

.Where(oh => oh.Hierarchy.Contains("/12/"))

You can also use .StartsWith() or .EndsWith().

Answer 5

I'm assuming you're using Linq-to-SQL* (see note below). If so, use string.Contains, string.StartsWith, and string.EndsWith to generate SQL that use the SQL LIKE operator.

from o in dc.Organization
join oh in dc.OrganizationsHierarchy on o.Id equals oh.OrganizationsId
where oh.Hierarchy.Contains(@"/12/")
select new { o.Id, o.Name }

or

from o in dc.Organization
where o.OrganizationsHierarchy.Hierarchy.Contains(@"/12/")
select new { o.Id, o.Name }

Note: * = if you are using the ADO.Net Entity Framework (EF / L2E) in .net 3.5, be aware that it will not do the same translation as Linq-to-SQL. Although L2S does a proper translation, L2E v1 (3.5) will translate into a t-sql expression that will force a full table scan on the table you're querying unless there is another better discriminator in your where clause or join filters.
Update: This is fixed in EF/L2E v4 (.net 4.0), so it will generate a SQL LIKE just like L2S does.

Answer 6

Way late, but I threw this together to be able to do String comparisons using SQL Like style wildcards:

public static class StringLikeExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Tests a string to be Like another string containing SQL Like style wildcards
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">string to be searched</param>
    /// <param name="searchString">the search string containing wildcards</param>
    /// <returns>value.Like(searchString)</returns>
    /// <example>value.Like("a")</example>
    /// <example>value.Like("a%")</example>
    /// <example>value.Like("%b")</example>
    /// <example>value.Like("a%b")</example>
    /// <example>value.Like("a%b%c")</example>
    /// <remarks>base author -- Ruard van Elburg from StackOverflow, modifications by dvn</remarks>
    /// <remarks>converted to a String extension by sja</remarks>
    /// <seealso cref="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1040380/wildcard-search-for-linq"/>
    public static bool Like(this String value, string searchString)
    {
        bool result = false;

        var likeParts = searchString.Split(new char[] { '%' });

        for (int i = 0; i < likeParts.Length; i++)
        {
            if (likeParts[i] == String.Empty)
            {
                continue;   // "a%"
            }

            if (i == 0)
            {
                if (likeParts.Length == 1) // "a"
                {
                    result = value.Equals(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                }
                else // "a%" or "a%b"
                {
                    result = value.StartsWith(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                }
            }
            else if (i == likeParts.Length - 1) // "a%b" or "%b"
            {
                result &= value.EndsWith(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
            }
            else // "a%b%c"
            {
                int current = value.IndexOf(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                int previous = value.IndexOf(likeParts[i - 1], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                result &= previous < current;
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Tests a string containing SQL Like style wildcards to be ReverseLike another string 
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">search string containing wildcards</param>
    /// <param name="compareString">string to be compared</param>
    /// <returns>value.ReverseLike(compareString)</returns>
    /// <example>value.ReverseLike("a")</example>
    /// <example>value.ReverseLike("abc")</example>
    /// <example>value.ReverseLike("ab")</example>
    /// <example>value.ReverseLike("axb")</example>
    /// <example>value.ReverseLike("axbyc")</example>
    /// <remarks>reversed logic of Like String extension</remarks>
    public static bool ReverseLike(this String value, string compareString)
    {
        bool result = false;

        var likeParts = value.Split(new char[] {'%'});

        for (int i = 0; i < likeParts.Length; i++)
        {
            if (likeParts[i] == String.Empty)
            {
                continue;   // "a%"
            }

            if (i == 0)
            {
                if (likeParts.Length == 1) // "a"
                {
                    result = compareString.Equals(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                }
                else // "a%" or "a%b"
                {
                    result = compareString.StartsWith(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                }
            }
            else if (i == likeParts.Length - 1) // "a%b" or "%b"
            {
                result &= compareString.EndsWith(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
            }
            else // "a%b%c"
            {
                int current = compareString.IndexOf(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                int previous = compareString.IndexOf(likeParts[i - 1], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                result &= previous < current;
            }
        }

        return result;
    }
}