SqlMethods.Like Method (String, String)
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Determines whether a specific character string matches a specified pattern. This method is currently only supported in LINQ to SQL queries.
Assembly: System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)
'Declaration Public Shared Function Like ( _ matchExpression As String, _ pattern As String _ ) As Boolean
Parameters
- matchExpression
- Type: System.String
The string to be searched for a match.
- pattern
- Type: System.String
The pattern, which may include wildcard characters, to match in matchExpression.
The SQL Server LIKE functionality cannot be exposed through translation of existing common language runtime (CLR) and .NET Framework constructs, and is unsupported outside of a LINQ to SQL context. The use of this method outside of LINQ to SQL will always throw an exception of type NotSupportedException.