Question

I am trying to get the return value of a stored procedure. Here is an example of such a stored procedure:

select
    Name,
    IsEnabled
from
    dbo.something
where
    ID = @ID

if @@rowcount = 0
    return 1    

return

This is a simple select. If 0 rows are found, my result set will be null, but I will still have a return value.

This is a bad example, as this is a select, so sure I could find if 0 rows were returned. However, on an Insert, delete, or other calls, we need this return value to know if there was a problem. I have been unable to find a way to get this return value. I can get output values, I can get result sets, but no return value.

I can get the return value if I call SQL manually, or even if I run a SqlCommand using the Entity Framework, but this is not what I want to do.

Has anyone ever been able to get the return value from a stored procedure using Entity Framework?

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

No. Entity Framework doesn’t have rich stored procedure support because its an ORM, not a SQL replacement.

As you have already discovered, if you need to use less common (more advanced?) features of stored procedures, you’ll have to use good old fashioned ADO.NET.