I have a request query using linq. The query has multiple where clause say return list of items matching name and city. Below is the piece of code I used for multiple where clause, but it returns empty set of items. wherefield contains list of field names like name;city wherefieldValue contains list of field values like james;delhi
var where = FilterLinq<T>.GetWherePredicate(wherefield, wherefieldvalue).Compile();
items = items.Where(where).OrderByDescending(a => a.GetType().GetProperty(field).GetValue(a, null)).Skip
public class FilterLinq<T>
{
public static Expression<Func<T, Boolean>> GetWherePredicate(string whereFieldList, string whereFieldValues)
{
//the 'IN' parameter for expression ie T=> condition
ParameterExpression pe = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T), typeof(T).Name);
//combine them with and 1=1 Like no expression
Expression combined = null;
if (whereFieldList != null)
{
string[] field = whereFieldList.Split(';');
string[] fieldValue = whereFieldValues.Split(';');
for (int i = 0; i < field.Count(); i++)
{
//Expression for accessing Fields name property
Expression columnNameProperty = Expression.Property(pe, field[i]);
//the name constant to match
Expression columnValue = Expression.Constant(fieldValue[i]);
//the first expression: PatientantLastName = ?
Expression e1 = Expression.Equal(columnNameProperty, columnValue);
if (combined == null)
{
combined = e1;
}
else
{
combined = Expression.And(combined, e1);
}
}
}
//create and return the predicate
return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, Boolean>>(combined, new ParameterExpression[] { pe });
}
}
Your example works. Sure it works only for string properties, but i assume, that is your use case. Perhaps it doesn't do what you want to achieve, becasue you combine your clause with and, but actually you do want to do it with Or, jus change this code line :
combined = Expression.And(combined, e1);
To
combined = Expression.Or(combined, e1);