Dynamic Linq Query Help?
//if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(StudentNumber))
var results  = (from s in Students
                where s.StudentNumber == 1001
                select s
               );

//else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(LastName) & (String.IsNullOrEmpty(FirstName))

var results  = (from s in Students
                where s.LastName == "Tucker"
                select s
               );

//else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(LastName) & (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(FirstName))
var results  = (from s in Students
                where s.LastName == "Tucker" && s.FirstName == "Ron"
                select s
               );

var results = Students.AsEnumerable(); // use .AsQueryable() for EF or Linq-to-SQL

if (!string.IsNullorEmpty(StudentNumber))
{
    results = results.Where(s => s.StudentNumber.Equals(StudentNumber));
}
else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(LastName))
{
    results = results.Where(s => s.LastName.Equals(LastName));

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FirstName))
    {
         results = results.Where(s => s.FirstName.Equals(FirstName));
         // filter is in addition to predicate against LastName
    }
}

// results can be used here

Func<Student, bool> predicate;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(StudentNumber))
{
    predicate = s => s.StudentNumber.Equals(StudentNumber);
}
else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(LastName))
{
    predicate = s => s.LastName.Equals(LastName);

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FirstName))
    {
        Func<Student, bool> p = predicate;
        predicate = s => p(s) && s.FirstName.Equals(FirstName);
    }
}
else
{
    predicate = s => true;
}

var query = Students.Where(predicate);

Func<Student, bool> predicate;
predicate = s =>
    !string.IsNullOrEmpty(StudentNumber)
    ? s.StudentNumber.Equals(StudentNumber)
    : !string.IsNullOrEmpty(LastName)
        ? !string.IsNullOrEmpty(FirstName)
            ? s.LastName.Equals(LastName) && s.FirstName.Equals(FirstName)
            : s.LastName.Equals(LastName)
        : true;

var query = Students.Where(predicate);