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Call Stored Procedure Using Entity Framework







  1. You should know how to create a table in database
  2. You must be aware of entity framework and how to add tables in entity framework.
  3. You must be aware of stored procedure in SQL server.


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CREATE VIEW vw_GetEmployeeData AS 
SELECT 
  e.EmployeeId, 
  e.EmployeeName, 
  d.DepartmentName 
FROM 
  Employee e 
  INNER JOIN Department d ON e.DepartmentId = d.DepartmentId




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-- Procedure to insert value in attribute table
Create Proc InsertAttribute @Attribute VARCHAR(50) As Insert into Attribute 
values 
  (@Attribute) -- Procedure to get attribute based on attribute
  CREATE PROC GetAttribute @AttributeId int As 
Select 
  * 
from 
  Attribute 
where 
  AttributeId = @AttributeId -- Procedure to check if the attribute exists
  ALTER PROC IsAttributeExists @AttributeId int As IF EXISTS(
    Select 
      * 
    from 
      Attribute 
    where 
      AttributeId = @AttributeId
  ) 
SELECT 
  'EXIST' ELSE 
SELECT 
  'NOTEXIST'






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  1. In the first stored procedure i.e. InsertAttribute we are inserting value in table and we are not returning any value so return type in void.
  2. Second stored procedure GetAttribute returns an entity called ‘Attribute’.
  3. Third procedure checks if the attribute exists or not. The return type is string.


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using(ABCEntities context = new ABCEntities()) {
	//  Proc 1
	context.InsertAttribute("Name");

	//Proc 2
	string status = context.IsAttributeExists(1).First();
	Console.WriteLine(string.Format("status = {0}", status));
	// Proc 3
	Attribute attr = context.GetAttribute(1).First();

	Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Attributeid= {0}{1}AttributeName= {2}", attr.AttributeId, Environment.NewLine, attr.AttributeName));

	Console.ReadLine();
}



Output


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Posted By  -  Karan Gupta
 
Posted On  -  Thursday, January 8, 2015

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