How can I return a datareader when using Entity Framework 4?

Question

I want to define a database query using LINQ and my EntityFramework context but I don\'t want entities returned; I want a datareader!

How can I do this? This is for expo

Answer 1

This question is around EF 4, but for anyone else with EF 6 or higher you can use the AsStreaming() extension method.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn237204(v=vs.113).aspx