using System;
using System.Linq;
public class Program
{
public class PersonPOCO
public string name;
public string country;
/* and some more properties in your db */
}
public static void Main()
var persons = new[]
new PersonPOCO
name = "test",
country = "FOO"
},
name = "bar",
};
var oPerson = new {
name = "test1",
country = string.Empty
var name_country = (from person in persons
where person.name == oPerson.name || person.country == oPerson.country
select new {
person.name,
person.country
}).DefaultIfEmpty(new {
oPerson.name,
oPerson.country
}).First();
Console.WriteLine("name: {0}; country: {1}", name_country.name, name_country.country);
