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Asked: 2026-05-23T09:30:11+00:00

How do I write this query in Linq to Entities: select convert(datetime,data,103) from Audit

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How do I write this query in Linq to Entities:

select convert(datetime,data,103) from Audit where ActionId = 1

Column Data is of varchar(max) type. I know that if the ActionId equals one in a row, than the Data column in the row will always contain a string that represents a date in dd/MM/yyyy format.

Update:

I need to return the result of the L2E query as IQueryable, because paging / sorting is applied on top of it. This is another reason, why I want this field returned as DateTime – to be able to sort on it.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’ve found this: Convert String to Int in EF 4.0 It looks, like this trick might help, if we create a function to cast string into datetime.

    UPDATE
    This problem left unsolved for me. As I needed a quick solution I converted the ‘data’ column to be of datetime type. This is not generic for future extensions, but it works for now. One of the solutions that are not really a solution.

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