I have a datagridview that displays data from a database table. There are two columns ID and NAME. I have a textbox in which i enter name and data of those names appear in datagridview. I have achieved searching of data but i want to search as done in comboBox. When i type "a" then all names starting with "a" should appear in datagridview. Then if i type "arn" then all names starting with "arn" should appear in datagridview. I need to know if there is a built-in method or some LOGIC that i should consider. I am using Linq to Sql.
EDIT-1
I have made a subclass in the form class
public class Table1
{
public int ID;
public string Name;
public MyList(string _newID, string _newName)
{
_id = _newID;
_name = _newName;
}
public int _id
{
get { return ID; }
set { ID = value; }
}
public string _name
{
get { return Name; }
set { Name = value; }
}
}
Used BindingList to bind it with dataGridView1. I have applied textChanged event on a textBox1.
BindingList<Table1> tempData = new BindingList<Table1>();
string name = textBox1.Text;
var result = from row in context.Tables
where row.Name == name
select row;
foreach (Table std in result)
{
tempData.Add(new MyList(row.ID, row.Name);
}
dataGridView1.DataSource = tempData;
This is how i am doing but this searches for exact same name. I want to make it like comboBox drop down search. In which at each key typed the search result gives names/strings containing those characters.
Thanks.