I ended up doing this, Please note we are working on EF DataContext
(not ObjectContext
)
Executing a Stored procedure with output parameter
using (DataContext context = new DataContext())
{
////Create table value parameter
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("Displayname");
dt.Columns.Add("FirstName");
dt.Columns.Add("LastName");
dt.Columns.Add("TimeStamp");
DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["Displayname"] = "DisplayName";
dr["FirstName"] = "FirstName";
dr["LastName"] ="LastName";
dr["TimeStamp"] = "TimeStamp";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
////Use DbType.Structured for TVP
var userdetails = new SqlParameter("UserDetails", SqlDbType.Structured);
userdetails.Value = dt;
userdetails.TypeName = "UserType";
////Parameter for SP output
var result = new SqlParameter("ResultList", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 4000);
result.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("EXEC UserImport @UserDetails, @ResultList OUTPUT", userdetails, result);
return result == null ? string.Empty : result.Value.ToString();
}
My Table-Value-Parameter (UDT Table) script looks like this:
CREATE TYPE [dbo].[UserType] AS TABLE (
[DisplayName] NVARCHAR (256) NULL,
[FirstName] NVARCHAR (256) NULL,
[LastName] NVARCHAR (256) NULL,
[TimeStamp] DATETIME NULL
)
And my store procedure begins like
CREATE PROCEDURE UserImport
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
@UserDetails UserType Readonly,
@ResultList NVARCHAR(MAX) output
AS
For Stored procedure without output
parameter we don't need any ouput parameter added/passed to SP.
Hope it helps some one.