Returning a DataTable using Entity Framework ExecuteStoreQuery

Question

I am working with a system that has many stored procedures that need to be displayed. Creating entities for each of my objects is not practical.

Is it possible and

Answer 1

Maybe your stored procedure could return a complex type? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2010/01/11/entity-framework-in-net-4.aspx

Answer 2

This method uses the connection string from the entity framework to establish an ADO.NET connection, to a MySQL database in this example.

using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;

public DataSet GetReportSummary( int RecordID )
{
    var context = new catalogEntities();

    DataSet ds = new DataSet();
    using ( MySqlConnection connection = new MySqlConnection( context.Database.Connection.ConnectionString ) )
    {
        using ( MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand( "ReportSummary", connection ) )
        {
            MySqlDataAdapter adapter = new MySqlDataAdapter( cmd );
            adapter.SelectCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
            adapter.SelectCommand.Parameters.Add( new MySqlParameter( "@ID", RecordID ) );
            adapter.Fill( ds );
        }
    }
    return ds;
}