Sitecore 7 enabling LINQ extension

Question

This is what I have so far

using Sitecore.ContentSearch;
using Sitecore.ContentSearch.Linq;
using Sitecore.ContentSearch.SearchTypes;
using Sitecore.ContentSearch.Linq.Utilities;
using Sitecore.Search;

using (var context = SearchManager.GetIndex(searchIndexName).CreateSearchContext())
{   

}

In the context I don't have a function context.GetQueryable() . Can someone please tell me what am I missing.

Answer 1

You can try something like:

//Create a Search Context to the "indexname" Index (could be SOLR/Lucene/something else)
using (var context = new ContentSearchManager.GetIndex("indexname").CreateSearchContext()) 
{
 //LINQ Query
 var query = context.GetQueryable<SomeType>.Where(i => i.Name.StartsWith("Something"));

}
//Disposal due to IDisposable

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Answer 2

Your using statement refers to the SearchManager class which is from the Sitecore.Search namespace in Sitecore.Kernel.

You actually need to use the ContentSearchManager class which is from the " Sitecore.ContentSearch namespace in Sitecore.ContentSearch.