How to use "contains" or "like" in a dynamic linq query?

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Published on 2010-03-16T15:27:24Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 15:31 UTC
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The help file that came with Dynamic Linq in the CSharpSamples.zip does not show any examples of using contains or like.

Are there any simple workarounds for doing this? i.e where (col like @col) doesn't work.

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