Oracle Entity Framework - Call custom function (EDIT_DISTANCE)

Question

I am using Entity Framework 6 and Oracle Database 11g (ODP.NET Manage Driver).

How to call UTL_MATCH.EDIT_DISTANCE function in LINQ query?

Answer 1

I agree with Gerrie Pretorius and if you used database first model , you must add a function to edmx file like below

Then add a static function to OracleFunctions class like below

[EdmFunction("Model.Store", "TO_CHAR")]
public static int? ToNumber(this string value) {
    throw new NotSupportedException("this function is not supported");
}

After that you can use ToNumber function freely.