Is it possible to run native sql with entity framework?

Question

I am trying to search an XML field within a table, This is not supported with EF.

Without using pure Ado.net is possible to have native SQL support with EF?

Answer 1

Since .NET 4 you can use ExecuteStoreQuery method:

var list = myDBEntities.ExecuteStoreQuery(MyClass.sql);

where myDBEntities is inherited from ObjectContext.

class MyClass
{
    /* You can change query to more complicated, e.g. with joins */
    public const string sql = @"select [MyTable].[MyField] from [MyTable]";
    public string MyField { get; set; }
}

Notice that MyTable is real table name, not EF class.