Search and sort not working for unicode strings

Question

I have a database where names are stored in unicode nvarchar field in amharic language. I want to search and sort the data and I used this code.

student=student.Where(s=>s.Name.Contains(searchString));
student=student.Orderby(s=>s.Name);

student is a db context class. Both the search and sort doesn't work. It works for English string but for amharic string it brings all records unfiltered an unsorted.

What can I do?

Answer 1

Right click on your database > Properties > Options > Collation

Choose one item according to your locale.