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  • Adriano Fabri 459 posts 1602 karma points
    Jul 26, 2018 @ 16:18
    Adriano Fabri
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    [SOLVED] Best way to filter nodes by checking a checkBoxList

    Templates, (partial) views and macros
    Umbraco 7

    Hi, I have a checkboxlist datatype that have three values.

    Now I need to filter nodes by checking inside this checkboxlist that must contains a specific value.

    Now I get the full list of nodes with this code

    var listNodes = CurrentPage.Descendants("article").Where("Visible").OrderBy("date descending");

    Each article have a checkBoxList (alias sectionList) that I must use to filter the listNodes.

    I think I can do something like this...

    var listNodes = CurrentPage.Descendants("article").Where("a => a.sectionList.Split(',').Contains('mySection')").Where("Visible").OrderBy("date descending");

    I tried many combinations but none worked.

    In most cases I received the error that I can not use the lambda.

    Any idea?

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  • Dan Diplo 1554 posts 6205 karma points MVP 5x c-trib
    Jul 26, 2018 @ 18:56
    Dan Diplo
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    I would use a strongly-typed query rather than dynamics. Something like:

    var listNodes = Model.Content.Descendants("article").
Where(a => sectionList.Split(',').Contains("mySection")).
Where(n => n.IsVisible()).OrderByDescending(n => n.CreateDate);
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  • Adriano Fabri 459 posts 1602 karma points
    Jul 26, 2018 @ 22:50
    Adriano Fabri
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    Thank you Dan, tomorrow I'll test your solution.

    Have a good day Adriano

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  • Adriano Fabri 459 posts 1602 karma points
    Jul 27, 2018 @ 08:37
    Adriano Fabri
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    Hi Dan,

    the query you gave me returned some errors, anyway starting from this I made some changes and the final code is:

    var listNodes = Model.Content.Descendants("article")
    .Where(v => string.Join(",", v.GetPropertyValue<IEnumerable<string>>("sectionList")).Split(',').Contains("mySection"))
    .Where(n => n.IsVisible())
    .OrderByDescending(d => d.GetPropertyValue<string>("date"));

    Thank you for the support

    Adriano

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  • Dan Diplo 1554 posts 6205 karma points MVP 5x c-trib
    Jul 27, 2018 @ 09:45
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    No problem! I didn't realise that the sectionList was a property of the node which is probably why my version didn't work.

    I would definitely recommend using strongly-typed queries like this rather than using dynamics as these execute faster, you get better intellisense and they're going to be dropped in Umbraco 8.

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