Trying to add a FilterDescriptor for a DataSourceRequest that will filter on an integer field.

[Jstemper]

I'm trying to create a DataSourceRequest that has several filters that I am creating and inserting into a CompositeFilterDescriptor. One of those filters is an integer data type. When I have the DataSourceRequest output the request via  "ToODataString()" the integer filter is treated as a string, i.e. surrounded by single quotes.  This will then not work in my OData endpoint.

How do I specify that this should be an int and not surrounded by single quotes in the output?

 var request = new DataSourceRequest()
 {
     PageSize = 1,
     Skip = 0,
     Filters = new List<IFilterDescriptor>(),
     Sorts = new List<SortDescriptor>(),
     Groups = new List<GroupDescriptor>()
 };
 var cfd = new CompositeFilterDescriptor
 {
     LogicalOperator = FilterCompositionLogicalOperator.Or
 };
var fd = new FilterDescriptor()
    {
        Value = "MyTestValue",
        Operator = FilterOperator.Contains,
        Member = "Status"
     };
cfd.FilterDescriptors.Add(fd);
request.Filters.Add(cfd);

var cfd2 = new CompositeFilterDescriptor
 {
     LogicalOperator = FilterCompositionLogicalOperator.And
 };
 var fd2 = new FilterDescriptor()
 {
     Value =  123456,
     Operator = FilterOperator.IsEqualTo,
     Member = "MyId"
 };

 cfd2.FilterDescriptors.Add(fd2);
 request.Filters.Add(cfd2);
 var query = request.ToODataString();

The "query" then contains something like :
(contains(Status,%27MyTestValue%27)%20and%20(MyId%20eq%20%27123456%27))
or 
(contains(Status,'MyTestValue') and (MyId eq '123456'))
what I need is

(contains(Status,'MyTestValue') and (MyId eq 123456))

How do I get it to form the correct Odata Url?

[Dimo]

Hello John,

The FilterDescriptor needs a MemberType:

        var fd2 = new FilterDescriptor()
        {
            Value = 123456,
            Operator = FilterOperator.IsEqualTo,
            Member = "MyId",
            MemberType = typeof(int)
        };

Regards,
Dimo
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