This is a simple example using LINQ to create a search form and display the results in a Gridview.
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Configuration" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Linq" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.Linq" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub btnSearch_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Dim conString As String = WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("MyDatabase").ConnectionString
Dim db As New DataContext(conString)
Dim tMovie = db.GetTable(Of Movie)()
grdMovies.DataSource = tMovie.Where(Function(m) m.Director.Contains(txtDirector.Text))
grdMovies.DataBind()
End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>SearchMovies.aspx</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Label
id="lblDirector"
Text="Director:"
AssociatedControlID="txtDirector"
Runat="server" />
<asp:TextBox
id="txtDirector"
Runat="server" />
<asp:Button
id="btnSearch"
Text="Search"
OnClick="btnSearch_Click"
Runat="Server" />
<br /><br />
<asp:GridView
id="grdMovies"
Runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>