search function in ASP.NET MVC not working properly - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

i have a student table in my database that i created and i have a view that displays a list of all the students grouped by class... on top of the view i made a textbox and a search button to be able to access the student information faster. The problem is that i when i enter the first name and the last name in the textbox, nothing comes up. When i enter only the first name or only the last name, then it finds it. I'm new to programming and i can't figure out how to make it work. I would really appreciate if someone can help me with this. This is part of my code:
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult ViewStudents()
{
ViewBag.classes = db.Courses.ToList();
var studentCourses = db.StudentCourses.OrderBy(s=>s.Person.FirstName).ToList();
return View(studentCourses);
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ViewStudents(string SearchString)
{
var student=new List<int>();
List<StudentCourse>sc=new List<StudentCourse>();
ViewBag.classes = db.Courses.ToList();
var studentCourse=db.StudentCourses.ToList();
var studentCourses = db.StudentCourses.OrderBy(s => s.Person.FirstName).ToList();
var substring = SearchString.IndexOf(" ").ToString();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(SearchString))
{
student = (from p in db.People
where (p.FirstName.Contains(SearchString)) && (p.LastName.Contains(substring))||((p.FirstName.Contains(SearchString)) || (p.LastName.Contains(SearchString)))
select p.PersonId).ToList();
}
foreach (var s in studentCourse)
{
foreach (var i in student)
{
if (s.StudentId == i)
{
sc.Add(s);
}
}
}
return View(sc);
}
This is my view:
#model List<SchoolFinalProject.Models.StudentCourse>
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<div style="font-size:16px;"> <input type="text" id="search" placeholder="search" Name="SearchString" /><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"></span>
<input type="submit" value="search"></div>
}
#{
List<int> c = new List<int>();
foreach (var courses in ViewBag.classes)
{
foreach(var s in Model)
{
if(courses.CourseId==s.CourseId)
{
c.Add(courses.CourseId);
}
}
}
}
#foreach (var course in ViewBag.classes)
{
if(c.Contains(course.CourseId))
{
<h2>#course.Name<span>-</span>#course.Gender</h2>
<table class="table table-hover table-bordered table-striped">
<tr><th>First Name</th><th>Last Name</th><th>Email</th><th>Phone Number</th><th>Address</th><th>Date Of Birth</th></tr>
#foreach (var s in Model)
{
if(course.CourseId==s.CourseId)
{
<tr>
<td>#s.Person1.FirstName</td>
<td>#s.Person1.LastName</td>
<td>#s.Person1.Email</td>
<td>#s.Person1.PhoneNumber</td>
<td>#s.Person1.Address</td>
<td>#s.Person1.DateOfBirth</td>
<td>
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span>
#Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit","Person", new { id = s.Person1.PersonId }, null) |
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-trash"></span>
#Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details","Person", new { id = s.Person1.PersonId }, null)
</td>
</tr>
}
}
</table>
}
}
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this is my person Model:
public partial class Person
{
public Person()
{
this.Bonus = new HashSet<Bonu>();
this.ConversationHistories = new HashSet<ConversationHistory>();
this.ConversationHistories1 = new HashSet<ConversationHistory>();
this.EmployeePaymentDetails = new HashSet<EmployeePaymentDetail>();
this.StudentCourses = new HashSet<StudentCourse>();
this.StudentCourses1 = new HashSet<StudentCourse>();
this.TeacherCourses = new HashSet<TeacherCourse>();
this.Reminders = new HashSet<Reminder>();
}
public int PersonId { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> DateOfBirth { get; set; }
public PersonType PersonTypeId { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> LastModified { get; set; }
public Nullable<int> Gender { get; set; }
public Nullable<int> Status { get; set; }
public string FullName
{
get { return FirstName + ", " + LastName; }
}
public virtual ICollection<Bonu> Bonus { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<ConversationHistory> ConversationHistories { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<ConversationHistory> ConversationHistories1 { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<EmployeePaymentDetail> EmployeePaymentDetails { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<StudentCourse> StudentCourses { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<StudentCourse> StudentCourses1 { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<TeacherCourse> TeacherCourses { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Reminder> Reminders { get; set; }
}
}

Answer 1

You might want to try concatenating the first and last name properties in your person model like this:
[Display(Name = "Full Name")]
public string FullName
{
get
{
return LastName + ", " + FirstMidName;
}
}
There is a very good tutorial on what you are trying to do here: https://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/getting-started/getting-started-with-ef-using-mvc/creating-a-more-complex-data-model-for-an-asp-net-mvc-application
Also see this page of same tutorial: https://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/getting-started/getting-started-with-ef-using-mvc/sorting-filtering-and-paging-with-the-entity-framework-in-an-asp-net-mvc-application
As an aside, you might want to check out using the Datatables plugin, which gives you search functionality without have to query your database with each search: https://datatables.net