want a Query to make order by variable in Linq query

Question

How to make order by Column variable because I have a dropdown on page and I want to show grid according to sord order selected in this Dropdown e.g Price, Code, rating, description etc etc. and I donot want to write a separate query for each column.

from lm in lDc.tbl_Products
where lm.TypeRef == pTypeId
 orderby lm.Code ascending
 select new; 

Answer 1

Assuming you want to do the sorting via SQL then you will need to pass in the sort column/type. The query is deferred until you actually do the select so you can build up the query in steps and once you are done execute it like so:

// Do you query first.  This will NOT execute in SQL yet.
var query = lDC.tbl_Products.Where(p => p.TypeRef == pTypeId);

// Now add on the sort that you require... you could do ascending, descending,
// different cols etc..
switch (sortColumn)
{
    case "Price":
        query = query.OrderBy(q => q.Price);
        break;
    case "Code":
        query = query.OrderBy(q => q.Code);
        break;
    // etc...
}

// Now execute the query to get a result
var result = query.ToList();

If you want to do it outside of SQL then just get a basic result with no sorting and then apply an OrderBy to the result base on the sort criteria you need.