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CriteriaOperator.ToBasicStyleString(CriteriaOperator, out OperandValue[]) Method

Converts the specified expression into its equivalent string in VB style.

Namespace: DevExpress.Data.Filtering

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Data

Declaration

public static string ToBasicStyleString(
    CriteriaOperator criteria,
    out OperandValue[] criteriaParametersList
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
criteria CriteriaOperator

A CriteriaOperator object that represents the expression to convert.

criteriaParametersList OperandValue[]

[out] Receives the values that are marked by a question mark character in the result string.

Returns

Type Description
String

A string representation of the specified expression.

Remarks

This example demonstrate how to use the ToBasicStyleString method:

OperandValue[] parameters;
CriteriaOperator filterCriteria = 
    CriteriaOperator.Parse("[Category] == ? && [Price] < ?", out parameters);

parameters[0].Value = "Saloon";
parameters[1].Value = 100000;

// Returns "[Category] = ? AND [Price] < ?"
string filterString = CriteriaOperator.ToBasicStyleString(filterCriteria, out parameters); 

To convert the string representation of an expression to its CriteriaOperator equivalent, use the CriteriaOperator.Parse method.

Note

The ToBasicStyleString method returns a string representation of the criteria which can be displayed in a UI or saved in application log. However, this string is actually not SQL and cannot be considered as such.

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