How to do SQL Like % in Linq?

Question

I have a procedure in SQL that I am trying to turn into Linq:

SELECT O.Id, O.Name as Organization
FROM Organizations O
JOIN OrganizationsHierarchy OH ON O.Id         


        

Answer 1

Way late, but I threw this together to be able to do String comparisons using SQL Like style wildcards:

public static class StringLikeExtensions
{
    /// 

    /// Tests a string to be Like another string containing SQL Like style wildcards
    /// 
    /// string to be searched
    /// the search string containing wildcards
    /// value.Like(searchString)
    /// value.Like("a")
    /// value.Like("a%")
    /// value.Like("%b")
    /// value.Like("a%b")
    /// value.Like("a%b%c")
    /// base author -- Ruard van Elburg from StackOverflow, modifications by dvn
    /// converted to a String extension by sja
    /// 
    public static bool Like(this String value, string searchString)
    {
        bool result = false;

        var likeParts = searchString.Split(new char[] { '%' });

        for (int i = 0; i < likeParts.Length; i++)
        {
            if (likeParts[i] == String.Empty)
            {
                continue;   // "a%"
            }

            if (i == 0)
            {
                if (likeParts.Length == 1) // "a"
                {
                    result = value.Equals(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                }
                else // "a%" or "a%b"
                {
                    result = value.StartsWith(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                }
            }
            else if (i == likeParts.Length - 1) // "a%b" or "%b"
            {
                result &= value.EndsWith(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
            }
            else // "a%b%c"
            {
                int current = value.IndexOf(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                int previous = value.IndexOf(likeParts[i - 1], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                result &= previous < current;
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    /// 

    /// Tests a string containing SQL Like style wildcards to be ReverseLike another string 
    /// 
    /// search string containing wildcards
    /// string to be compared
    /// value.ReverseLike(compareString)
    /// value.ReverseLike("a")
    /// value.ReverseLike("abc")
    /// value.ReverseLike("ab")
    /// value.ReverseLike("axb")
    /// value.ReverseLike("axbyc")
    /// reversed logic of Like String extension
    public static bool ReverseLike(this String value, string compareString)
    {
        bool result = false;

        var likeParts = value.Split(new char[] {'%'});

        for (int i = 0; i < likeParts.Length; i++)
        {
            if (likeParts[i] == String.Empty)
            {
                continue;   // "a%"
            }

            if (i == 0)
            {
                if (likeParts.Length == 1) // "a"
                {
                    result = compareString.Equals(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                }
                else // "a%" or "a%b"
                {
                    result = compareString.StartsWith(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                }
            }
            else if (i == likeParts.Length - 1) // "a%b" or "%b"
            {
                result &= compareString.EndsWith(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
            }
            else // "a%b%c"
            {
                int current = compareString.IndexOf(likeParts[i], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                int previous = compareString.IndexOf(likeParts[i - 1], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                result &= previous < current;
            }
        }

        return result;
    }
}