LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'System.String ToString()' method, and this method cannot be translated into a store expression

Question

I\'m migrating some stuff from one mysql server to a sql server but i can\'t figure out how to make this code work:

using (var context = new Context())
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Answer 1

The problem is that you are calling ToString in a LINQ to Entities query. That means the parser is trying to convert the ToString call into its equivalent SQL (which isn't possible...hence the exception).

All you have to do is move the ToString call to a separate line:

var keyString = item.Key.ToString();

var pages = from p in context.entities
            where p.Serial == keyString
            select p;