public List<Animal> SearchAnimals(AnimalDirectoryRequest req)
{
var Animals = zooDB.Animals
.Where(a => req.AnimalID == null ? true : a.AnimalId == req.AnimalID)
.Where(a => req.Name == "" ? true : a.Name == req.Name)
.Where(a => req.Type == "" ? true : a.Type == req.Type)
.Where(a => req.ZooKeeper == null ? true : a.Zookeeper == req.ZooKeeper);
return Animals.ToList();
}
public ActionResult SearchAnimalDirectory(AnimalDirectoryRequest request)
{
AnimalDirectoryModel model = new AnimalDirectoryModel();
model.Animals = SearchAnimals(request);
return PartialView("AnimalDirectoryGrid", model);
}