Linq Stored Procedure Issue- Returning an int

Question

I am trying to call a stored procedure with Linq, the stored procedure returns the value fine in SQL, but when I drag it onto my DBML file and try and call it from my code it is returning the

Could not find an implementation of the query pattern for source type 'int'. 'Select' not found.

I've looked at other threads and other stored procedures I have and for some reason rather than using an ISingleResult this is different and I cant seem to change the Return Type either.

This is the DBML code behind

[global::System.Data.Linq.Mapping.FunctionAttribute(Name="dbo.displayDetails")]
public int displayDetails([global::System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ParameterAttribute(DbType="VarChar(1)")] string sex, [global::System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ParameterAttribute(DbType="Int")] System.Nullable<int> day, [global::System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ParameterAttribute(DbType="Int")] System.Nullable<int> month, [global::System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ParameterAttribute(DbType="Int")] System.Nullable<int> year, [global::System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ParameterAttribute(Name="PostCode", DbType="VarChar(10)")] string postCode, [global::System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ParameterAttribute(Name="AppTime", DbType="DateTime")] System.Nullable<System.DateTime> appTime, [global::System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ParameterAttribute(DbType="Int")] System.Nullable<int> filter)
{
        IExecuteResult result = this.ExecuteMethodCall(this, ((MethodInfo)(MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod())), sex, day, month, year, postCode, appTime, filter);
        return ((int)(result.ReturnValue));
}

My page code which is getting the error

    var person = from p in db.displayDetails(sex.ToString(),
                  Convert.ToInt32(dayOfBirth),
                  Convert.ToInt32(monthOfBirth),
                  Convert.ToInt32(yearOfBirth),
                  postCode.ToString(),
                  Convert.ToDateTime(appointmentTime),
                  Convert.ToInt32(resultType))
                  select person;
        {
            p.Forename,
            p.Surname,
            p.AppointmentTime,
            p.Location
        };

        foreach (var record in person)
        {
            lblName.Text = record.Forename + " " + record.Surname;
            lblAppointmentTime.Text = record.AppointmentTime.ToString();
            lblWaitIn.Text = record.Location;
        }   

Any help on how to get this resolved would be appreciated.

Update - Hi, here is my SP:

@sex varchar (1),
@day int,
@month int,
@year int,
@PostCode varchar (10),
@AppTime DateTime,
@filter int

AS
BEGIN

declare @sql nvarchar(max)
    -- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from
    -- interfering with SELECT statements.
    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    -- Insert statements for procedure here

Select @Sql = 'SELECT DAY(DateOfBirth) AS DayOfBirth, MONTH(DateOfBirth) AS MonthOfBirth, 
YEAR(DateOfBirth) AS YearOfBirth, DateOfBirth, Sex, AppointmentTime, SchdlRefno, Forename, 
Surname, ClinicCode, Ur, PostCode, Specialty, Location
FROM dbo.tbl_Appointments'


if @filter  = 1
-- show search by just sex, day and month as no more needed for match
Select @sql = @Sql + ' WHERE (DAY(DateOfBirth) = ' + convert(varchar, @day, 103) + ') AND (MONTH(DateOfBirth) = ' + convert(varchar, @month, 103) + ') AND (Sex = ''' + @sex + ''')' 

if @filter  = 2

-- show search by sex, day and month and postcode

Select @sql = @Sql + ' WHERE (DAY(DateOfBirth) = ' + convert(varchar, @day, 103) + ') AND (MONTH(DateOfBirth) = ' + convert(varchar, @month, 103) + ') and (YEAR(DateOfBirth) = ' + convert(varchar, @year, 103) + ') AND (Sex = ''' + @sex + ''') and (postcode = ''' + @postcode + ''')' 

if @filter  = 3

-- show search by sex, day and month, postcode and appointment time

Select @sql = @Sql + ' WHERE (DAY(DateOfBirth) = ' + convert(varchar, @day, 103) + ') AND (MONTH(DateOfBirth) = ' + convert(varchar, @month, 103) + ') and (YEAR(DateOfBirth) = ' + convert(varchar, @year, 103) + ') AND (Sex = ''' + @sex + ''') and (postcode = ''' + @postcode + ''') and (AppointmentTime = ''' + convert(varchar, @AppTime, 121) + ''')' 

print @sql  

Exec sp_executesql  @sql

END

So, im passing a filter through to bring back different search results.

Thanks

Answer 1

The problem is the result of your function isn't a collection, it's a scalar value (int) therefore can't be projected.