HOW TO: Compose Dynamic LINQ Queries

Solution

• LINQ TO SQL Dynamic Queries by Chris Rock (Rocks Thoughts)
  Part 2: LINQ TO SQL Dynamic Queries #2 (Or statements)
  Part 3: LINQ TO SQL Dynamic Queries #3 (And's and Or's Together)
• Dynamically Composing Expression Predicates by Joseph Albahari (C# 3.0 in a Nutshell) - showcases the use of type-safe LINQ to SQL extension methods (part of LINQKit) to compose dynamic LINQ expressions.
• Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library) by Scott Guthrie - explains how to use the LINQ Dynamic Query Library to build string-based dynamic LINQ expressions.

Related Resources

• LINQKit - free library for composing dynamic LINQ queries
• VB Dynamic Query Library (included in the \Language Samples\LINQ Samples\DynamicQuery directory)
• C# Dynamic Query Library (included in the \LinqSamples\DynamicQuery directory)