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LINQ to SQL - Mapping Stored Procedure with Multiple Results

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16 Jan 2012CPOL1 min read 58.7K  
Mapping Stored Procedure with DBML to get multiple results from Stored Procedure
SQL Part

1. Create tables for getting result set.

SQL
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Color](

    [ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

    [Color] [varchar](50) NULL

) ON [PRIMARY]



CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Car](

    [ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

    [Make] [varchar](50) NULL,

    [Model] [varchar](50) NULL,

    [NumOfDoors] [tinyint] NULL,

    [ModelYear] [smallint] NULL,

    [ColorId] [int] NULL

) ON [PRIMARY]




2. Insert data into tables.

Color Table
SQL
ID    Color
1    Red
2    White
3    Blue
4    Green


Car Table

SQL
ID 	Make 	Model 	NumOfDoors 	ModelYear 	ColorId
1 	Ford 	Mustang 	2 	1964 	1
2 	ford 	F150 	2 	2010 	1
3 	Toyota 	Camry 	4 	2011 	1
4 	Ford 	Taurus 	5 	1995 	2
5 	ford 	F250 	2 	2010 	3
6 	Chevrolet 	Volt 	4 	2010 	1
7 	Ford 	Focus 	4 	2012 	4
8 	Chevrolet 	Aveo 	4 	2011 	2
9 	Chevrolet 	Camaro 	4 	1978 	4
10 	Honda 	Civic 	4 	2012 	1
11 	Chevrolet 	Cruse 	4 	2012 	1
12 	Toyota 	Rav4 	5 	2000 	1


3. Create Stored Procedure to return multiple result.

SQL
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[GetBoth] 

    @colorId int = 0    

AS

BEGIN

    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    SELECT * from Car where ColorId=@colorId

    select c.Color,ca.* from Color c join Car ca on ca.ColorId=c.ID where c.ID=@colorId

END



above SP return two result set, one is car table and second join from car and color table.

.NET Part


1. Create DMBL file and drag car & color table into file, also drag SP into dbml file.

Suppose my DBML file name is Test.dbml

it will create class named TestDataContext including datacontract for car & color tables.

by default when we drag SP into DBML file it will create method with ISingleResult interface to get result from SP.

2. First create Data Contract for join tables result.

C#
public class Mix

    {

        public string Color { get; set; }

        public int ID { get; set; }

        public string Make { get; set; }

        public string Model { get; set; }

        public Nullable<byte> NumOfDoors { get; set; }

        public Nullable<short> ModelYear { get; set; }

        public Nullable<int> ColorId { get; set; }    

    }





3. Now we need to create method that produce result of multiple query, DBML doesn't provide such type of method internally.


we have to create method to get multiple result set.

C#
public partial class TestDataContext

    {

        [Function(Name = "dbo.GetBoth")]

        [ResultType(typeof(Car))]

        [ResultType(typeof(Mix))]

        public IMultipleResults GetBothMix([Parameter(Name = "colorId", DbType = "Int")] System.Nullable<int> colorId)

        {

            IExecuteResult result = this.ExecuteMethodCall(this, ((MethodInfo)(MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod())), colorId);

            //decimal res = ((decimal)(result.GetParameterValue(1)));

            return (IMultipleResults)result.ReturnValue;

        }

    }




In above snippet, i have create method that return multiple result set using IMultipleResults Interface.

I have used System.Data.Linq.Mapping namespace to map stored procedure,

like [Function(Name = "dbo.GetBoth")] - maps Stored Procedure named GetBoth.

[ResultType(typeof(Car))] - maps car table to first result set in stored procedure.

[ResultType(typeof(Mix))] - maps user defined generic type to second result set in stored procedure.



4. Now in .CS file get result using DataContext object.

C#
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            TestDataContext context = new TestDataContext();

            context.ObjectTrackingEnabled = false;           

            IMultipleResults d = context.GetBothMix(1);

            IList<Car> cars = d.GetResult<Car>().ToList();

            IList<Mix> colors = d.GetResult<Mix>().ToList();

         }

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