Dynamically Sorting with LINQ

Question

I have a collection of CLR objects. The class definition for the object has three properties: FirstName, LastName, BirthDate.

I have a string that reflects the name

Answer 1

You need to build an Expression Tree and pass it to OrderBy.
It would look something like this:

var param = Expression.Parameter(typeof(MyClass));
var expression = Expression.Lambda>(
    Expression.Property(param, sortProperty),
    param
);

Alternatively, you can use Dynamic LINQ, which will allow your code to work as-is.