How can I dynamically select my Table at runtime with Dynamic LINQ

Question

I\'m developing an application to allow engineers to conduct simple single table/view queries against our databases by selecting Database, Table, Fields.

I get how t

Answer 1

See Get table-data from table-name in LINQ DataContext.

This is probably actually better done by using direct SQL statements. LINQ will just get in your way.

VB Conversion:

NotInheritable Class DataContextExtensions
    Private Sub New()
    End Sub
     _
    Public Shared Function GetTableByName(context As DataContext, tableName As String) As ITable
        If context Is Nothing Then
            Throw New ArgumentNullException("context")
        End If
            If tableName Is Nothing Then
                Throw New ArgumentNullException("tableName")
            End If
        Return DirectCast(context.[GetType]().GetProperty(tableName).GetValue(context, Nothing), ITable)
    End Function
End Class

Usage:

Dim myDataContext as New MyCustomDataContext
myDataContext.GetTableByName("ORDERS").Where("...")