首先使用实体​​框架代码中的搜索字符串搜索DateTime

时间:2016-10-28 19:37:20

标签: c# .net sql-server entity-framework datetime

我有一个MVC项目,它为每个模型项目的用户输出一个可为空的DateTime(DateTime?)作为字符串,如下所示(我的用户界面有分页,所以我只对少量的记录 - 换句话说,这部分是可以的):

foreach (DocumentEvent item in Model.items)
    @(item?.TimeUtc?.ToString() ?? "N/A")

我想添加搜索功能。我尝试按如下方式进行搜索,但这不符合要求,因为AsEnumerable实现了我的列表,我现在处于C#世界,枚举每条记录:

using (var context = new ClientEventsContext())
    var items = context.Events.AsEnumerable().Where(x => {
        (x?.TimeUtc?.ToString() ?? "N/A").Contains(model.search)
    });

相反,我想利用我的SQL Server数据库。如何为没有AsEnumerable的上述代码构建一个SQL Server友好的查询,它将产生与我当前逻辑相同的结果?

3 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:4)

以下是如何构建和使用以M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt格式从日期到字符串的LINQ to Entities兼容转换。而是将该怪物嵌入查询中,我将使用自定义“标记”方法并使用ExpressionVisitor绑定实现。这样,您可以根据需要进行实验和更改格式(甚至添加一些控制参数),而不会影响查询的可读性。

首先,实施:

public static class EFExtensions
{
    public static string ToCustomDateFormat(this DateTime value)
    {
        // Should never happen
        throw new InvalidOperationException();
    }

    public static IQueryable<T> ApplyCustomDateFormat<T>(this IQueryable<T> source)
    {
        var expression = new CustomDateFormatBinder().Visit(source.Expression);
        if (source.Expression == expression) return source;
        return source.Provider.CreateQuery<T>(expression);
    }

    class CustomDateFormatBinder : ExpressionVisitor
    {
        protected override Expression VisitMethodCall(MethodCallExpression node)
        {
            if (node.Method.DeclaringType == typeof(EFExtensions) && node.Method.Name == "ToCustomDateFormat")
            {
                var date = Visit(node.Arguments[0]);
                var year = DatePart(date, v => DbFunctions.Right("0000" + v.Year, 4));
                var month = DatePart(date, v => v.Month.ToString());
                var day = DatePart(date, v => v.Day.ToString());
                var hour = DatePart(date, v => (1 + (v.Hour + 11) % 12).ToString());
                var minute = DatePart(date, v => DbFunctions.Right("0" + v.Minute, 2));
                var second = DatePart(date, v => DbFunctions.Right("0" + v.Second, 2));
                var amPM = DatePart(date, v => v.Hour < 12 ? "AM" : "PM");
                var dateSeparator = Expression.Constant("/");
                var timeSeparator = Expression.Constant(":");
                var space = Expression.Constant(" ");
                var result = Expression.Call(
                    typeof(string).GetMethod("Concat", new Type[] { typeof(string[]) }),
                    Expression.NewArrayInit(typeof(string),
                        month, dateSeparator, day, dateSeparator, year, space,
                        hour, timeSeparator, minute, timeSeparator, second, space, amPM));
                return result;    
            }
            return base.VisitMethodCall(node);
        }

        Expression DatePart(Expression date, Expression<Func<DateTime, string>> part)
        {
            var parameter = part.Parameters[0];
            parameterMap.Add(parameter, date);
            var body = Visit(part.Body);
            parameterMap.Remove(parameter);
            return body;
        }

        Dictionary<ParameterExpression, Expression> parameterMap = new Dictionary<ParameterExpression, Expression>();

        protected override Expression VisitParameter(ParameterExpression node)
        {
            Expression replacement;
            return parameterMap.TryGetValue(node, out replacement) ? replacement : node;
        }
    }
}

然后用法:

var items = context.Events
    .Where(x => x.TimeUtc != null && 
        x.TimeUtc.Value.ToCustomDateFormat().Contains(model.search))
    .ApplyCustomDateFormat();

答案 1 :(得分:3)

我找到了解决方案。这种语法似乎有效:

using (var context = new ClientEventsContext())
    var items = context.Events.Where(x => {
        x.TimeUtc.HasValue && x.TimeUtc.Value.ToString().Contains(model.search)
    });

答案 2 :(得分:2)

使用SqlFunctions库将任何内容转换为Raw Query并在SQL级别执行作业的另一种解决方案,例如:

using (var context = new ClientEventsContext())
var items = context.Events.Where(x =>
    SqlFunctions.PatIndex(model.search, 
    SqlFunctions.DateName('your pattern here', x?.TimeUtc) ?? "N/A").Value > -1
);
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