whats is wrong with this linq query?

Question

i have a product table which has a Title as string.

inside my view i have

    @using (Html.BeginForm(\"Serach\",\"Store\"))
        {

          

        

Answer 1

Well, you should use some logging to find out what's actually being sent to the database - but personally I'd split the query up before it gets there:

public ActionResult Search(string q)
{
    var result = string.IsNullOrEmpty(q) ? storeDB.Products
                     : storeDB.Products.Where(p => p.Title.Contains(q));

    return View(result);
}

It's possible that the SQL dialect supported by SQL CE doesn't support the check for emptiness that you were using - and this gets round that problem.