Can't get filtering to work.

[Rhonda]

Hello all,

I managed to get wort working but now I am having trouble with Filtering as well.  I have a grid that I am binding to an Entity from Entity Framework.  I've tried several different methods including the basic filtering and now I am trying to to do custom filtering.  No matter what I try I keep getting "no records" or blank lines.  Attached is my code.  I even tried filtering the entity to create a filtered version of that but even though when I step through the code and I know there are 2 records that match the grid loads saying "no records found".
I also attached a before and after image so you can see what I am seeing.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rhonda

<telerik:RadGrid ID="ChecklistsGrid" runat="server" Skin="WF" EnableLinqExpressions="false" EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" AllowSorting="true" OnSortCommand="ChecklistsGrid_SortCommand" OnItemDataBound="ChecklistsGrid_ItemDataBound" OnItemCommand="ChecklistsGrid_ItemCommand" AllowFilteringByColumn="True">
            <MasterTableView Width="100%" CommandItemDisplay="Bottom" AutoGenerateColumns="false" EnableViewState="false">
                <Columns>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Application.Name" HeaderText="Application (WAM Id)" UniqueName="Name" FilterListOptions="VaryByDataTypeAllowCustom" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true" CurrentFilterFunction="StartsWith"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="LOB" HeaderText="LOB" UniqueName="LOB"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="projectPackages" HeaderText="Project/Package" UniqueName="projectPackages" AllowSorting="false" AllowFiltering="false" FilterControlWidth="0"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Status" HeaderText="Checklist Status" UniqueName="Status" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true" CurrentFilterFunction="StartsWith"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="dateToYellow" HeaderText="Date to Yellow" UniqueName="dateToYellow" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true" CurrentFilterFunction="StartsWith"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="dateToRed" HeaderText="Date to Red" UniqueName="dateToRed" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true" CurrentFilterFunction="StartsWith"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="FirstConfirmedInstallDate" HeaderText="Install Date" UniqueName="installDate" AutoPostBackOnFilter="true" CurrentFilterFunction="StartsWith"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                    <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Manager.Name" HeaderText="Application Manager" UniqueName="Manager"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                    <telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn HeaderText = "Open Checklists" DataTextField="Application.Name" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left" AllowFiltering="false" UniqueName="OpenChecklist" HeaderStyle-Font-Bold="false" HeaderStyle-Wrap="false" DataNavigateUrlFields="Id" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="ChecklistPage.aspx?Id={0}" HeaderStyle-Width="150px"></telerik:GridHyperLinkColumn>
                </Columns>
            </MasterTableView>
            <HeaderStyle BackColor="#666666" Font-Names="verdana, arial" Font-Size="Small" Height="20px" />
        </telerik:RadGrid>

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (!Page.IsPostBack)
            {
                GetCheckListData();

                PopulateChecklistGrid();

            }
        }

public void GetCheckListData()
        {
            checklists = BusinessUtility.GetChecklists("0");
        }

public void PopulateChecklistGrid()
        {
            ChecklistsGrid.DataSource = checklists;
            ChecklistsGrid.DataBind();
        }

protected void ChecklistsGrid_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.CommandName == RadGrid.FilterCommandName)
            {
                Pair filterPair = (Pair)e.CommandArgument;
                string filterPattern = ((TextBox)(e.Item as GridFilteringItem)[filterPair.Second.ToString()].Controls[0]).Text;
                e.Canceled = true;
                string newFilter = "([" + filterPair.Second + "] >='" + filterPattern + "')";
                if (ChecklistsGrid.MasterTableView.FilterExpression == "")
                {
                    ChecklistsGrid.MasterTableView.FilterExpression = newFilter;
                }
                else
                {
                    ChecklistsGrid.MasterTableView.FilterExpression = "((" + ChecklistsGrid.MasterTableView.FilterExpression + ") AND (" + newFilter + "))";
                }
                ChecklistsGrid.Rebind();

                //GetCheckListData();
                //List<Entities.Checklist> filteredChecklist = checklists.Where(x => x.Application.Name.ToUpper().StartsWith(filterPattern.ToUpper())).ToList();
                //ChecklistsGrid.DataSource = filteredChecklist;
                //ChecklistsGrid.DataBind();
            }
        }

protected void ChecklistsGrid_SortCommand(object source, GridSortCommandEventArgs e)
        {
            GridSortExpression sortExpression = new GridSortExpression();
            switch (e.OldSortOrder)
            {
                case GridSortOrder.None:
                    sortExpression.FieldName = e.SortExpression;
                    sortExpression.SortOrder = GridSortOrder.Descending;

                    e.Item.OwnerTableView.SortExpressions.AddSortExpression(sortExpression);
                    break;
                case GridSortOrder.Ascending:
                    sortExpression.FieldName = e.SortExpression;
                    sortExpression.SortOrder = DelegateGrid.MasterTableView.AllowNaturalSort ? GridSortOrder.None : GridSortOrder.Descending;
                    e.Item.OwnerTableView.SortExpressions.AddSortExpression(sortExpression);
                    break;
                case GridSortOrder.Descending:
                    sortExpression.FieldName = e.SortExpression;
                    sortExpression.SortOrder = GridSortOrder.Ascending;

                    e.Item.OwnerTableView.SortExpressions.AddSortExpression(sortExpression);
                    break;
            }

            e.Canceled = true;
            GetCheckListData();
            PopulateChecklistGrid();

        }

protected void ChecklistsGrid_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            DateTime currentDate = DateTime.Now;

            if (e.Item is GridCommandItem)
            {
                GridCommandItem cmditm = (GridCommandItem)e.Item;

                cmditm.Visible = false;
                //hide add new button
                cmditm.FindControl("InitInsertButton").Visible = false;//hide the text
                cmditm.FindControl("AddNewRecordButton").Visible = false;//hide the image

                //hide Refresh button
                cmditm.FindControl("RefreshButton").Visible = false;//hide the text
                cmditm.FindControl("RebindGridButton").Visible = false;//hide the image
            }
if (Role == "AM")
            {
                ChecklistsGrid.MasterTableView.Columns.FindByUniqueName("LOB").Display = false;
                ChecklistsGrid.MasterTableView.Columns.FindByUniqueName("Manager").Display = false;
            }

            if (Role == "WRM")
            {
                ChecklistsGrid.MasterTableView.Columns.FindByUniqueName("LOB").Display = false;
            }
}

[Rhonda]

Well, I have no idea what I changed in the last half hour but the custom filtering is working now. 

Thanks anyway.

Rhonda