Int.Parse in Linq Expression

Question

I have the following LINQ expression. I want calculate the sum of numeric values in an nvarchar field. I\'m using following code to do this, but I get an error

Answer 1

EF 5:

Instead of int.Pasrse use Convert.ToInt32. Entity Framework will generate proper CAST functions in SQL.

EF 6:

Short answer:

youEntity.Where(c=>SqlFunctions.StringConvert((decimal?)c.INTFIELD).Trim() == STRINGVALUE)

Long answer:

in EF 6 you have to convert numeric value to string with SqlFunctions.StringConvert. but it has a problem. It will add unnecessary spaces to the result. so the comparison will fail. That's why I have put Trim() there. I have tested it with EF 6.1.1.