Multi string search

JROW 21

Hey All,

I have a datatable, of which I am doing all of the functionality on the server side. However, I am a little stuck as to how to search for two strings from separate columns.

For example John Smith should bring up all john smiths in the table, below is a snippet of my search function

  archiveData = archiveData.Where(m => m.Forename.Contains(searchValue.ToLower())
                                                || m.Surname.Contains(searchValue.ToLower())
                                                || m.Patient_Id.Contains(searchValue)
                                                || m.Request_Date.ToString().Contains(searchValue));

I understand that I need to split the string at the space at the end of the forename column then join on to the surname somehow but im a little stuck. Im still getting to grips with c#

AgaveJoe 28,536 Reputation points

2021-07-07T11:09:26.623+00:00
Usually an application is designed to filters for each database column. It's very unusual and not recommended to submit a single string that contains 4 different possible column values. I recommend fixing the design.

Secondly, LINQ allows you to add filters to a query. The programming pattern is shown below. The code is not test.

var query = db.archiveData.Where(m => m.Forename.Contains(forename.ToLower())); if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(surname)) { query.Where(m => m.Surname.Contains(surname.ToLower()); } var results = query.ToList();

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