Functions in the Entity Framework

Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing a series of articles that cover some great improvements in the Entity Framework 4.0 In this third article I will explore some SqlClr features and show how to call custom .NET functions and aggregates in LINQ to Entities queries.

• SqlClr
  • Creating SqlClr user defined functions
  • Deploying SqlClr functions
  • Calling the SqlClr functions in SQL
  • Calling the SqlClr functions in LINQ to Entities
  • Sharing functions between LINQ to Objects and LINQ to Entities
  • Creating SqlClr User Defined aggregates
  • Calling the SqlClr aggregates in SQL
  • Calling the SqlClr aggregates in LINQ to Entities