问题
I am calling SQL Server 10 from Entity Framework in C# and want to get a query hint into the request. The database has indexes which operated normally from SQL run in Management Studio, but when calling the command from C# using Entity Framework in Visual Studio, the query planner chooses a full scan when there is already an index.
I am creating dynamic predicates to request data in the following form:
data.attributeText = data.vegaDB.attributeText.AsExpandable().Where(parentPredicate.Compile()).ToList();
where parentPredicate is dynamically generated equivalent of:
(parentID = p1) AND (attributeName = 'name OR ... ')
From which the SQL Server query plan generates:
SELECT
[Extent1].[attributeID] AS [attributeID],
[Extent1].[parentID] AS [parentID],
[Extent1].[typeID] AS [typeID],
[Extent1].[attributeName] AS [attributeName],
[Extent1].[attributeData] AS [attributeData]
FROM [dbo].[attributeText] AS [Extent1]
So replacing the [Extent1] with the index [IX_parentID], which the direct sql call uses, by some extra command which does a query hint in the initial c# call would seem the solution. I have had a look around but no success yet. Any idea how to frame the question?
Do u think this is the right solution?
回答1:
Run an SQL trace to find out what SQL query is actually being generated for this statement.
Does your predicate or an equivalent actually appear in the query as seen by SQL Server?
If it does appear, then you need to run that query through the Index Tuning wizard or similar.
If not, that's your problem - that would mean that Entity Framework is loading the entire table into memory and applying the predicate itself.
Updated I am pretty sure that this last is exactly what is happening: The AsExpandable() is failing to translate your predicate to SQL, so it is generating code to read the entire table, then applying the predicate to the returned data.
The solution is to stop using AsExpandable and use AsQueryable instead. The only reason to use AsExpandable is if AsQueryable doesn't offer the functionality you need, and I don't think that's the case here.
回答2:
Try updating statistics for the related tables in your database, if statistics are outdated non-optimal query plans are likely to be used for all queries.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5158102/force-hint-to-index-from-entity-framework-to-sql-server