Why does my raw query to count rows always returns -1?

Question

I\'m trying to check if table exists, but not working correctly.

For some reason, count always returns -1. I already have a table in the database. It should return

Answer 1

ExecuteSqlCommand doesn't return data, it always returns an Int32, which is the number of rows processed by the SQL script when it's a DDL/DML command.

You want SqlQuery(String, Object[]) instead.

var count = db.Database.SqlQuery(sql4).Single();