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

please try this:

public IQueryable SearchForParts(string[] query)
{
    return from part in db.Parts
           where Search(part.Name,query)
           select part;
}

public bool Search(string partName,string[] query)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < query.Length; i++)
    {
        if(partName.Contains(query[i]))
           return true;
    }

    return false;
}