How to execute SqlQuery with Entity Framework Core 2.1?

Question

In Entity Framework 6, I can execute a raw SQL query on the database using the following command:

IEnumerable Contact.Database.SqlQuery

        

Answer 1

You can use ExecuteSqlCommandAsync method which is defined in RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensions class of Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational assembly by the following way.

_databaseContext.Database.ExecuteSqlCommandAsync()