How to use SQL 'LIKE' with LINQ to Entities? [duplicate]

Answer 1

the solution is to use SQLFunctions.PatIndex

var result = from c in items
             where SqlFunctions.PatIndex(searchstring.ToLower(), c.fieldtoSearch) > 0
             select c;

where 'searchstring' is the pattern to search 'fieldtoSearch' is the field to search

Patindex() supports search using string pattern search. The search is case insensitive.