C# PredicateBuilder Entities: The parameter 'f' was not bound in the specified LINQ to Entities query expression

Question

I needed to build a dynamic filter and I wanted to keep using entities. Because of this reason I wanted to use the PredicateBuilder from albahari.

I created the foll

Answer 1

I got this error and Mant101's explanation got me the answer, but you might be looking for a simpler example that causes the problem:

// This predicate is the 1st predicate builder
var predicate = PredicateBuilder.True();

// and I am adding more predicates to it (all no problem here)
predicate = predicate.And(c => c.ColumnA == 1);
predicate = predicate.And(c => c.ColumnB > 32);
predicate = predicate.And(c => c.ColumnC == 73);

// Now I want to add another "AND" predicate which actually comprises 
// of a whole list of sub-"OR" predicates
if(keywords.Length > 0)
{
    // NOTICE: Here I am starting off a brand new 2nd predicate builder....
    // (I'm not "AND"ing it to the existing one (yet))
    var subpredicate = PredicateBuilder.False();

    foreach(string s in keywords)
    {
        string t = s;  // s is part of enumerable so need to make a copy of it
        subpredicate = subpredicate.Or(c => c.Name.Contains(t));
    }

    // This is the "gotcha" bit... ANDing the independent
    // sub-predicate to the 1st one....

    // If done like this, you will FAIL!
//  predicate = predicate.And(subpredicate); // FAIL at runtime!

    // To correct it, you must do this...
    predicate = predicate.And(subpredicate.Expand());  // OK at runtime!
}

Hope this helps! :-)