SpatialEdmFunctions.AsText Method (DbExpression)

 

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.

Namespace:   System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.ExpressionBuilder.Spatial
Assembly:  EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

public static DbFunctionExpression AsText(
	this DbExpression spatialValue
)

Parameters

spatialValue
Type: System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.DbExpression

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

Return Value

Type: System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.CommandTrees.DbFunctionExpression

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