I am using entity framework 5
and I've added two stored procedures to my .edmx
model.
The first stored procedure returns a string and if I open the model browser in Visual Studio, I can change the Returns a Collection Of
section and set the scalar type to String, as follows:
Then in the code, I can call the SP and get the result like follows:
using (var context = new MyEntities())
{
var spResult = context.mySPNameFromTheModel(exampleParameter1, exampleParameter2); // This will get the output as string
}
The above example works fine, but how can I do the same with a Complex type?
My second stored procedure returns just one row, with two columns, both strings. So I created a class with two string properties, but I cannot see it when I change to Complex, I cannot select anything from the drop down because it is empty.
When I click on Get Column Information
, it just says that the SP doesn't return any columns, which isn't true.
I found this Mapping Stored Procedure Output to POCO Class article to be very helpful in answering the question specified in the title since I was looking for a way to do it without the hassle of writing strings while using ADO.NET.
public IList<Order> GetOrders(string CustomerID)
{
var orders = new List<Order>();
using (var con = new SqlConnection(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DefaultConnection"].ConnectionString))
{
// Use count to get all available items before the connection closes
using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("PagingProcTest", con))
{
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Parameters.Add("@CustomerID", SqlDbType.NChar).Value = CustomerID;
cmd.Connection.Open();
using (SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{
// Map data to Order class using this way
orders = DataReaderMapToList<Order>(reader).ToList();
// instead of this traditional way
// while (reader.Read())
// {
// var o = new Order();
// o.OrderID = Convert.ToInt32(reader["OrderID"]);
// o.CustomerID = reader["CustomerID"].ToString();
// orders.Add(o);
// }
}
cmd.Connection.Close();
}
}
return orders;
}
private static List<T> DataReaderMapToList<T>(DbDataReader dr)
{
List<T> list = new List<T>();
while (dr.Read())
{
var obj = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
foreach (PropertyInfo prop in obj.GetType().GetProperties())
{
if (!Equals(dr[prop.Name], DBNull.Value))
{
prop.SetValue(obj, dr[prop.Name], null);
}
}
list.Add(obj);
}
return list;
}
Try adding aliases to columns which are returned from SP.
For instance: SELECT table1.id ID