... has no supported translation to SQL.

[shapper]

Hello,

I am creating a int value has follows:

int result = db.Posts.Where(p => p.IsPublished == true &&
CheckPostDate(s.CreatedAt).GetValueOrDefault(false) == true).Count();

I get the error:
Method 'System.Nullable`1[System.Boolean]
CheckPostDate(System.Nullable`1[System.DateTime])' has no supported
translation to SQL.

Can't I call a function I created in a Linq query?

How can I solve this problem?

Thanks,
Miguel

[Marc Gravell]

lol! OK, in this case, stick to null-coalescing (??) ;-p

Fair cop - but it would have worked with LINQ-to-Objects...

Sorry for any confusion...

[shapper]

You mean:

int result = db.Posts.Where(p => p.IsPublished == true (&&
CheckPostDate(s.CreatedAt) ?? false)).Count();

I still get the same error. I don't think that's the problem.

[Marc Gravell]

Ah, right - I thought the GetValueOrDefault was the issue. Indeed, you
can't use a regular method (CheckPostDate) in LINQ, *unless* that method
can be mapped to a UDF at the database. In which case, you need to mark
the method with the [FunctionAttribute], supplying the UDF (etc) and
marking the function as "composable".

Here's a trivial example:

[Function(Name="NEWID", IsComposable=true)]
public Guid Random()
{ // to prove not used by our C# code...
throw new NotImplementedException();
}

At the DB this will become TSQL calling NEWID() - but you can have
parameters etc as you need.

Noet that this only works with some LINQ providers (I belive LINQ-to-SQL
supports it, EF doesn't), and the method needs to be on the data-context.

Marc