>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>I am trying to write a Search method that can accept two parameters (no or Name). Here is what I've started, but I don't know how should I declare "clients" variable at the top correctly. What is it when used in LINQ query?
>>
>>

>>public ActionResult Search(int? clientNo = null, string clientName = null)
>>        {
>>            
>>            if (((clientNo??0) == 0) && (String.IsNullOrEmpty(clientName)==true))
>>            {
>>                // Assume we want to select everything
>>                var clients = Db.Clients.OrderBy(c => c.Name);
>>            }
>>            var clients = Db.Clients.Where(c => (c.Number == clientNo)).OrderBy(c => c.Name);
>>
>>            return PartialView("_ClientsSearch", clients);
>>        }

>>
>>Since I can not declare var clients twice, what will be correct solution here?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>
>

>public ActionResult Search(int? clientNo = null, string clientName = null)
>        {
>            var clients;
>            if (((clientNo??0) == 0) && (String.IsNullOrEmpty(clientName)==true))
>            {
>                // Assume we want to select everything
>                clients = Db.Clients.OrderBy(c => c.Name);
>            }
>            clients = Db.Clients.Where(c => (c.Number == clientNo)).OrderBy(c => c.Name);
>
>            return PartialView("_ClientsSearch", clients);
>        }
>

No, this doesn't seem to work, I already tried it.