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Asked: 2026-05-11T14:16:54+00:00

(ASP.net 3.5, C#, SQL Express 2008) I want to have a Web Form, where

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(ASP.net 3.5, C#, SQL Express 2008)

I want to have a Web Form, where I can search for ‘Solutions’ (my table) using a keyword entered by the user and after the result comes back and populates a GridView.

I already have parts of this search via a stored procedure that is hooked up to my Entity Data Model. On this page I have an EntityDataSource. How can I make this EntityDataSource grab data from my stored procedure?

I realize I could just fetch the result via the Entity context (which works), and bind it to the grid, but if I don’t hook it up to the EntityDataSource I won’t get automatic paging and sorting (which has been another struggle of mine in the past)

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  1. Try using the Function Import.

    1. Right click on the EntitySet Name (the heading part)
    2. Choose Add->Function Import

    Here is a good blog post for you to check out. ADO.NET Entity Framework Tools: Stored Procedures, by Guy Burstein

    Update: Sorry I missed the part about the EntityDataSource so I don’t know of any property exposed to access a function import from the EDS, but your can try to use the CommandText property.

    <asp:EntityDataSource ID='SolutionsDataSource' runat='server'      CommandText='DataModel.SearchFunction(@Keywords)'     ConnectionString='name=AdventureWorksEntities'>     <CommandParameters>         <asp:ControlParameter Name='Keywords'              ControlID='SearchTextbox' Type='String'/>     </CommandParameters> </asp:EntityDataSource>

    Update: Well it seems that I have some bad news. After using Reflector to dive deep into the EntityDataSource. The EntityDataSourceView is constructed using QueryBuilderUtils.ConstructQuery, which then in turn calls context.CreateQuery<T>. What you would need to execute the function import is a call to context.ExecuteFunction<T>. There doesn’t seem to be any support for the ExecuteFunction in this release, the blogs I was reading did mention that it was planned, but it didn’t make it into this release, whether or not it will be in future releases I can’t say.

    That being said I would recommend using an ObjectDataSource, which you can construct in a way that still supports paging, sorting, etc. If you open an ObjectDataSource question on this topic send me a comment here and I’ll take a look.

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