LINQ Usar como en lugar de (( NVL(INSTR(x, y), 0) ) =1)

Cuando miré un poco, encontré LIKE operador en LINQ que fueron unos que tienen algunos buenos ejemplos de cómo podrías hacer esto. He probado el de abajo que era del enlace de arriba

Aquí hay una extensión para usar Me gusta con lambda que fue publicada por adobrzyc

    public static class LinqEx
    {
        private static readonly MethodInfo ContainsMethod = typeof(string).GetMethod("Contains");
        private static readonly MethodInfo StartsWithMethod = typeof(string).GetMethod("StartsWith", new[] { typeof(string) });
        private static readonly MethodInfo EndsWithMethod = typeof(string).GetMethod("EndsWith", new[] { typeof(string) });

        public static Expression<Func<TSource, bool>> LikeExpression<TSource, TMember>(Expression<Func<TSource, TMember>> property, string value)
        {
            var param = Expression.Parameter(typeof(TSource), "t");
            var propertyInfo = GetPropertyInfo(property);
            var member = Expression.Property(param, propertyInfo.Name);

            var startWith = value.StartsWith("%");
            var endsWith = value.EndsWith("%");

            if (startWith)
                value = value.Remove(0, 1);

            if (endsWith)
                value = value.Remove(value.Length - 1, 1);

            var constant = Expression.Constant(value);
            Expression exp;

            if (endsWith && startWith)
            {
                exp = Expression.Call(member, ContainsMethod, constant);
            }
            else if (startWith)
            {
                exp = Expression.Call(member, EndsWithMethod, constant);
            }
            else if (endsWith)
            {
                exp = Expression.Call(member, StartsWithMethod, constant);
            }
            else
            {
                exp = Expression.Equal(member, constant);
            }

            return Expression.Lambda<Func<TSource, bool>>(exp, param);
        }

        public static IQueryable<TSource> Like<TSource, TMember>(this IQueryable<TSource> source, Expression<Func<TSource, TMember>> parameter, string value)
        {
            return source.Where(LikeExpression(parameter, value));
        }

        private static PropertyInfo GetPropertyInfo(Expression expression)
        {
            var lambda = expression as LambdaExpression;
            if (lambda == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("expression");

            MemberExpression memberExpr = null;

            switch (lambda.Body.NodeType)
            {
                case ExpressionType.Convert:
                    memberExpr = ((UnaryExpression)lambda.Body).Operand as MemberExpression;
                    break;
                case ExpressionType.MemberAccess:
                    memberExpr = lambda.Body as MemberExpression;
                    break;
            }

            if (memberExpr == null)
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Specified expression is invalid. Unable to determine property info from expression.");


            var output = memberExpr.Member as PropertyInfo;

            if (output == null)
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Specified expression is invalid. Unable to determine property info from expression.");

            return output;
        }
    }

Para usarlo, simplemente agregue la función Me gusta donde colocaría las funciones Contiene. Puede ver a continuación un ejemplo

            using (CustomerEntities customerContext = new CustomerEntities())
            {
                IQueryable<Customer> customer = customerContext.Customer.Like(x => x.psn, "%1%");    
            }

Esto creará una consulta sql que se parece a esto.

SELECT 
[Extent1].[psn] AS [psn]
FROM [dbo].[Customer] AS [Extent1]
WHERE [Extent1].[psn] LIKE '%1%'