SpatialEdmFunctions.AsText(DbExpression) Method

Definition

Creates a DbFunctionExpression that invokes the canonical 'AsText' function with the specified argument, which must have an Edm.Geography or Edm.Geometry result type. The result type of the expression is Edm.String.

public static System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.DbFunctionExpression AsText (this System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.DbExpression spatialValue);
static member AsText : System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.DbExpression -> System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.DbFunctionExpression
<Extension()>
Public Function AsText (spatialValue As DbExpression) As DbFunctionExpression

Parameters

spatialValue
DbExpression

An expression that specifies the spatial value from which the well known text representation should be produced.

Returns

A new DbFunctionExpression that returns the well known text representation of spatialValue.

Applies to