How to search using a textbox and a combobox

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using vsstudio 2010 (c#, windowsforms)..

tblcustomer..
[custno, name, age, gender, addr]

the sample code i make works fine but it only search through by [name]. i want to make a search|filter by the selected items in my combobox. items in my combobox is my column names of table.. TIA..

What I have tried:

this.tblcustomerBindingSource.Filter = "name like '%" + textBox1.Text + "%' ";

Posted 6-Apr-17 23:04pm

akosisugar

Updated 6-Apr-17 23:23pm

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-06T23:23:00

Solution 1

try like this

string column = comboBox1.Text;
           string text = textBox1.Text;
           string filter = string.Format("{0} like '%{1}%'", column, text);
           this.tblcustomerBindingSource.Filter = filter;

Note: Take care of the validations.

Posted 6-Apr-17 23:23pm

Karthik_Mahalingam

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akosisugar 7-Apr-17 5:31am

perfect! tnx sir!

Karthik_Mahalingam 7-Apr-17 5:37am

welcome