According to this question I have created my methods for ordering data sets.
public static IOrderedQueryable<T> Order<T>(this IQueryable<T> source, string propertyName,
ListSortDirection direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending)
{
return ListSortDirection.Ascending == direction
? source.OrderBy(ToLambda<T>(propertyName))
: source.OrderByDescending(ToLambda<T>(propertyName));
}
private static Expression<Func<T, object>> ToLambda<T>(string propertyName)
{
var propertyNames = propertyName.Split('.');
var parameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T));
var body = propertyNames.Aggregate<string, Expression>(parameter, Expression.Property);
return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, object>>(Expression.Convert(body, typeof(object)), parameter);
// return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, object>>(body, parameter);
}
It was fine until I have tried to use it with Nullable<DateTime>
, I have called Expression.Convert
to box the Nullable<DateTime>
to object and it would have worked if it wasn't Nullable
, but unfortunately it throws
Unable to cast the type 'System.Nullable`1[[System.DateTime, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]]' to type 'System.Object'. LINQ to Entities only supports casting EDM primitive or enumeration types.
It is understandable for me that EF cannot handle this Nullable object
according to this anwser.
But I don't know how to manipulate this expression to get what I want, which in this case is to replace null
date to DateTime.MaxValue
.
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