How to dynamically add OR operator to WHERE clause in LINQ

Question

I have a variable size array of strings, and I am trying to programatically loop through the array and match all the rows in a table where the column \"Tags\" contains at le

Answer 1

There is another, somewhat easier method that will accomplish this. ScottGu's blog details a dynamic linq library that I've found very helpful in the past. Essentially, it generates the query from a string you pass in. Here's a sample of the code you'd write:

Dim Northwind As New NorthwindDataContext

Dim query = Northwind.Products _
                     .Where("CategoryID=2 AND UnitPrice>3") _
                     .OrderBy("SupplierId")

Gridview1.DataSource = query
Gridview1.DataBind()

More info can be found at scottgu's blog here.