How to call stored procedure with table valued parameter from .net core Entity Framework

Question

I have a stored procedure with table valued parameter. I have to call it from Entity framework in .net core.

I couldn't find any API on context object.

I have tried with ADO.net API's and it worked but now I have to call it from EF in .net core. Stored procedure which I have to call returning result which I have to catch.

My sample SP as below

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[GetMyData] 
@MyRequest [dbo].[MyRequestType] Readonly
As 
BEGIN

--Its sample SP thats why returned request table as it is    
select * from @MyRequest


END

MyRequestType is User defined table type

its structure is as below

CREATE TYPE [dbo].[MyRequestType] AS TABLE(
    [Id] [numeric](22, 8) NULL,
    [Col1] [bigint] NULL,
    [Col2] [numeric](22, 8) NULL 
)

I am using Code first approach in EF core

Any help will be appreciated.

if i understand your query i think this post can help you : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8157345/entity-framework-stored-procedure-table-value-parameter — Sanpas, Feb 20 '19 at 12:33
and other post : https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1033512/Executing-Stored-Procedure-with-User-Defined-Table — Sanpas, Feb 20 '19 at 12:36
Possible duplicate of [Entity Framework Stored Procedure Table Value Parameter](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8157345/entity-framework-stored-procedure-table-value-parameter) — Sanpas, Feb 20 '19 at 12:36

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '19 at 03:45

Finally I could able to call Table values parameter Stored procedure from my .net core service which uses EF core

I have created fake Response Domain Model

   public class MyResponse
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public int Col1{ get; set; }
        public int Col2 { get; set; } 
    }

I called it Fake Domain Model because Domain model is generally table representation in CLR class but I dont have such Table in SQL Server.

Then I have Added property for this under Context class as below

public class MyQueryDbContext : DbContext
{
  public virtual DbSet<MyResponse> Data { get; set; }
    .
    .
    .
}

Then Need to create Data Table for Request parameter list, I have added like below

 DataTable table = new DataTable();
 table.Columns.Add("Id", typeof(int));
 table.Columns.Add("Col1", typeof(int));
 table.Columns.Add("Col2", typeof(int));

Then I have called Stored procedure from .net core API using EF and passed datatable as parameter like below

 var parameter = new SqlParameter("@MyRequest", SqlDbType.Structured);
 parameter.Value = table;
 parameter.TypeName = "[dbo].[MyRequestType]" // My Table valued user defined type
var response=_context.Data
                     .FromSql("EXEC [dbo].[GetMyData] @MyRequest", parameter)
                     .ToList()

You will get response in you response variable.

I have one question, how do you prevent the migration to try to create the table every time you will modify the structure of the database and call Add-Migration ? — Jerome2606, Apr 01 '20 at 07:31
Add `modelBuilder.Entity().HasNoKey().ToView(null);` to OnModelCreating method or `[Keyless]` decorator to the class, depending on the EF version you are running. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/modeling/keyless-entity-types?tabs=data-annotations — Subjective Reality, Apr 15 '21 at 19:39

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '20 at 19:30

4

Just an update for ef core 3+.

You can use either FromSqlRaw or FromSqlInterpolated.

var query = context.DnoFacts.FromSqlRaw("EXEC [dbo].[GetMyData] {0} ,{1}", otherParam, TableValueParameter) 


var query = context.DnoFacts.FromSqlInterpolated($"EXEC [dbo].[GetMyData] {otherParam}, {TableValueParameter}")

answered Oct 12 '20 at 19:30

Andrey Borisko

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EF Core 6: `FromSqlInterpolated` does not have an argument for TableValueParameter. – Muflix Nov 10 '22 at 12:48

How to call stored procedure with table valued parameter from .net core Entity Framework

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