How to run stored procedures in Entity Framework Core?
I am using EF Core 1.0 in an ASP.NET Core App. Can you please point me to the proper way of executing stored procedures? The old method with ObjectParameters and ((IObjectContextAdapter)this).ObjectContext.ExecuteFunction is not working.
Solution 1:
Support for stored procedures in EF Core 1.0 is resolved now, this also supports the mapping of multiple result-sets.
Check here for the fix details
And you can call it like this in c#
var userType = dbContext.Set().FromSql("dbo.SomeSproc @Id = {0}, @Name = {1}", 45, "Ada");
Solution 2:
Stored procedure support is not yet (as of 7.0.0-beta3) implemented in EF7. You can track the progress of this feature using issue #245.
For now, you can do it the old fashioned way using ADO.NET.
var connection = (SqlConnection)context.Database.AsSqlServer().Connection.DbConnection;
var command = connection.CreateCommand();
command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
command.CommandText = "MySproc";
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@MyParameter", 42);
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
Solution 3:
To execute the stored procedures, use FromSql method which executes RAW SQL queries
e.g.
var products= context.Products
.FromSql("EXECUTE dbo.GetProducts")
.ToList();
To use with parameters
var productCategory= "Electronics";
var product = context.Products
.FromSql("EXECUTE dbo.GetProductByCategory {0}", productCategory)
.ToList();
or
var productCategory= new SqlParameter("productCategory", "Electronics");
var product = context.Product
.FromSql("EXECUTE dbo.GetProductByName @productCategory", productCategory)
.ToList();
There are certain limitations to execute RAW SQL queries or stored procedures. You can’t use it for INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE. if you want to execute INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE queries, use the ExecuteSqlCommand
var categoryName = "Electronics";
dataContext.Database
.ExecuteSqlCommand("dbo.InsertCategory @p0", categoryName);
Solution 4:
The support for stored procedure in EF Core is similar to the earlier versions of EF Code first.
You need to create your DbContext class by inherting the DbContext class from EF. The stored procedures are executing using the DbContext.
First step is to write a method that create a DbCommand from the DbContext.
public static DbCommand LoadStoredProc(
this DbContext context, string storedProcName)
{
var cmd = context.Database.GetDbConnection().CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = storedProcName;
cmd.CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure;
return cmd;
}
To pass parameters to the stored procedure use the following method.
public static DbCommand WithSqlParam(
this DbCommand cmd, string paramName, object paramValue)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cmd.CommandText))
throw new InvalidOperationException(
"Call LoadStoredProc before using this method");
var param = cmd.CreateParameter();
param.ParameterName = paramName;
param.Value = paramValue;
cmd.Parameters.Add(param);
return cmd;
}
Finally for mapping the result into a list of custom objects use the MapToList method.
private static List<T> MapToList<T>(this DbDataReader dr)
{
var objList = new List<T>();
var props = typeof(T).GetRuntimeProperties();
var colMapping = dr.GetColumnSchema()
.Where(x => props.Any(y => y.Name.ToLower() == x.ColumnName.ToLower()))
.ToDictionary(key => key.ColumnName.ToLower());
if (dr.HasRows)
{
while (dr.Read())
{
T obj = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
foreach (var prop in props)
{
var val =
dr.GetValue(colMapping[prop.Name.ToLower()].ColumnOrdinal.Value);
prop.SetValue(obj, val == DBNull.Value ? null : val);
}
objList.Add(obj);
}
}
return objList;
}
Now we’re ready for execute the stored procedute with the ExecuteStoredProc method and maps it to the a List whose type that’s passed in as T.
public static async Task<List<T>> ExecuteStoredProc<T>(this DbCommand command)
{
using (command)
{
if (command.Connection.State == System.Data.ConnectionState.Closed)
command.Connection.Open();
try
{
using (var reader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync())
{
return reader.MapToList<T>();
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
throw (e);
}
finally
{
command.Connection.Close();
}
}
}
For example, to execute a stored procedure called “StoredProcedureName” with two parameters called “firstparamname” and “secondparamname” this is the implementation.
List<MyType> myTypeList = new List<MyType>();
using(var context = new MyDbContext())
{
myTypeList = context.LoadStoredProc("StoredProcedureName")
.WithSqlParam("firstparamname", firstParamValue)
.WithSqlParam("secondparamname", secondParamValue).
.ExecureStoredProc<MyType>();
}
Solution 5:
I tried all the other solutions but didn't worked for me. But I came to a proper solution and it may be helpful for someone here.
To call a stored procedure and get the result into a list of model in EF Core, we have to follow 3 steps.
Step 1.
You need to add a new class just like your entity class. Which should have properties with all the columns in your SP. For example if your SP is returning two columns called Id and Name then your new class should be something like
public class MySPModel
{
public int Id {get; set;}
public string Name {get; set;}
}
Step 2.
Then you have to add one DbQuery property into your DBContext class for your SP.
public partial class Sonar_Health_AppointmentsContext : DbContext
{
public virtual DbSet<Booking> Booking { get; set; } // your existing DbSets
...
public virtual DbQuery<MySPModel> MySP { get; set; } // your new DbQuery
...
}
Step 3.
Now you will be able to call and get the result from your SP from your DBContext.
var result = await _context.Query<MySPModel>().AsNoTracking().FromSql(string.Format("EXEC {0} {1}", functionName, parameter)).ToListAsync();
I am using a generic UnitOfWork & Repository. So my function to execute the SP is
/// <summary>
/// Execute function. Be extra care when using this function as there is a risk for SQL injection
/// </summary>
public async Task<IEnumerable<T>> ExecuteFuntion<T>(string functionName, string parameter) where T : class
{
return await _context.Query<T>().AsNoTracking().FromSql(string.Format("EXEC {0} {1}", functionName, parameter)).ToListAsync();
}
Hope it will be helpful for someone !!!