How to do SQL Like % in Linq?

Question

I have a procedure in SQL that I am trying to turn into Linq:

SELECT O.Id, O.Name as Organization
FROM Organizations O
JOIN OrganizationsHierarchy OH ON O.Id=OH.OrganizationsId
where OH.Hierarchy like '%/12/%'

The line I am most concerned with is:

where OH.Hierarchy like '%/12/%'

I have a column that stores the hierarchy like /1/3/12/ for example so I just use %/12/% to search for it.

My question is, what is the Linq or .NET equivalent to using the percent sign?

Answer 1

If you are using VB.NET, then the answer would be "*". Here is what your where clause would look like...

Where OH.Hierarchy Like '*/12/*'

Note: "*" Matches zero or more characters. Here is the msdn article for the Like operator.