Dapper and DynamicParameter() - dapper

I am looking through the code and I am unable to read it. I also tried to find material and examples but I was unable to find specific or any documentation that could help me understand the issue. Can someone read me the code and if there is any documentation to read it.
At first my question is why do we need to use DynamicParameter() which is an object of Dapper. I am also not sure what does => means.
public void validRecord(string fileName, string rawContent, int userId)
{
Run(conn => conn.Execute("[dbo].[storedProc_GETDone]"
, new DynamicParameters
(new Dictionary<string, object>
{
{"fileName", fileName},
{"rowContent", rawContent},
{"userCreated", userId},
}), CommandType.StoredProcedure));
}

Run is not part of dapper, but => in C# is used to create a lambda expression, in this case I expect it is an Action<DbConnection>, i.e. I would guess that your run looks a lot like this:
Run(Action<DbConnection> action) {
using(var conn = CreateConnection()) {
conn.Open();
action(conn);
}
}
i.e. it is "I'm going to give you a connection; what do you want to do with it?" - in this case you are choosing to Execute a stored procedure.
Now, it is worth noting that in your example there is no benefit in using DynamicParameters, since the information is well known - you could just use:
Run(conn => conn.Execute("[dbo].[storedProc_GETDone]",
new { fileName, rawContent, userCreated = userId },
CommandType.StoredProcedure));
which would work just as well. So in answer to "why do we need to use DynamicParameter - you don't in this scenario. However, in some cases you might - especially if you are building SQL on the fly manually, for example:
if(name != null) {
sql.Append("and Name = #name ");
args.Add("name", name);
}

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Interception not working as expected with Entity Framework 6

I'm trying to follow the interception example shown here to get it working with EF 6 but running into a problem with the function RewriteFullTextQuery as shown in Figure 1. The interception seems to work but it does not actually execute the logic in the for loop of the RewriteFullTextQuery method because the cmd.Parameters.Count is always zero. Furthermore the cmd.CommandText property seems to be displaying the correct SQL query which I take as another piece of evidence that the interception is working correctly.
Figure 1: RewriteFullTextQuery Code Excerpt
public static void RewriteFullTextQuery(DbCommand cmd)
{
string text = cmd.CommandText;
for (int i = 0; i < cmd.Parameters.Count; i++)
{
DbParameter parameter = cmd.Parameters[i];
if (parameter.DbType.In(DbType.String, DbType.AnsiString, DbType.StringFixedLength, DbType.AnsiStringFixedLength))
{
The RewriteFullTextQuery function is being called by the ReaderExecuting function shown in Figure 2 which gives it the command argument that is causing all the trouble.
Figure 2: ReaderExecuting Function
public void ReaderExecuting(DbCommand command, DbCommandInterceptionContext<DbDataReader> interceptionContext)
{
RewriteFullTextQuery(command);
}
Even though my code isn't exactly the same as the example, the interception seems to be working so it is making me wonder what conditions is it that will populate the command to have a Parameters.Count of more than zero?
It works only if you pass the parameter to the query as a variable. If you use a literal EF won't use parameters.
I mean, this won't generate any parameter
context.Notes.Where(_ => _.NoteText == "CompareValue").Count();
This will
string compareValue = "CompareValue";
context.Notes.Where(_ => _.NoteText == compareValue).Count();
It turns out that it is because of the way Entity Framework generates the SQL. If you pass in a string literal as your search value to your LINQ statement it does not generate a SQL that makes use of a parameter. But if you pass in your search value as a variable, it will generate the SQL that utilizes a parameter. A solution (for dynamic queries) and more details can be found on this blog.

SQL Server (2014) Stored Procedure doesn't exist [duplicate]

I have this query and I get the error in this function:
var accounts = from account in context.Accounts
from guranteer in account.Gurantors
select new AccountsReport
{
CreditRegistryId = account.CreditRegistryId,
AccountNumber = account.AccountNo,
DateOpened = account.DateOpened,
};
return accounts.AsEnumerable()
.Select((account, index) => new AccountsReport()
{
RecordNumber = FormattedRowNumber(account, index + 1),
CreditRegistryId = account.CreditRegistryId,
DateLastUpdated = DateLastUpdated(account.CreditRegistryId, account.AccountNumber),
AccountNumber = FormattedAccountNumber(account.AccountType, account.AccountNumber)
})
.OrderBy(c=>c.FormattedRecordNumber)
.ThenByDescending(c => c.StateChangeDate);
public DateTime DateLastUpdated(long creditorRegistryId, string accountNo)
{
return (from h in context.AccountHistory
where h.CreditorRegistryId == creditorRegistryId && h.AccountNo == accountNo
select h.LastUpdated).Max();
}
Error is:
There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first.
Update:
stack trace added:
InvalidOperationException: There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first.]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.ValidateConnectionForExecute(SqlCommand command) +5008639
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.ValidateConnectionForExecute(String method, SqlCommand command) +23
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ValidateCommand(String method, Boolean async) +144
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method, DbAsyncResult result) +87
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method) +32
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior, String method) +141
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior) +12
System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior) +10
System.Data.EntityClient.EntityCommandDefinition.ExecuteStoreCommands(EntityCommand entityCommand, CommandBehavior behavior) +443
[EntityCommandExecutionException: An error occurred while executing the command definition. See the inner exception for details.]
System.Data.EntityClient.EntityCommandDefinition.ExecuteStoreCommands(EntityCommand entityCommand, CommandBehavior behavior) +479
System.Data.Objects.Internal.ObjectQueryExecutionPlan.Execute(ObjectContext context, ObjectParameterCollection parameterValues) +683
System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery`1.GetResults(Nullable`1 forMergeOption) +119
System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery`1.System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>.GetEnumerator() +38
System.Linq.Enumerable.Single(IEnumerable`1 source) +114
System.Data.Objects.ELinq.ObjectQueryProvider.<GetElementFunction>b__3(IEnumerable`1 sequence) +4
System.Data.Objects.ELinq.ObjectQueryProvider.ExecuteSingle(IEnumerable`1 query, Expression queryRoot) +29
System.Data.Objects.ELinq.ObjectQueryProvider.System.Linq.IQueryProvider.Execute(Expression expression) +91
System.Data.Entity.Internal.Linq.DbQueryProvider.Execute(Expression expression) +69
System.Linq.Queryable.Max(IQueryable`1 source) +216
CreditRegistry.Repositories.CreditRegistryRepository.DateLastUpdated(Int64 creditorRegistryId, String accountNo) in D:\Freelance Work\SuperExpert\CreditRegistry\CreditRegistry\Repositories\CreditRegistryRepository.cs:1497
CreditRegistry.Repositories.CreditRegistryRepository.<AccountDetails>b__88(AccountsReport account, Int32 index) in D:\Freelance Work\SuperExpert\CreditRegistry\CreditRegistry\Repositories\CreditRegistryRepository.cs:1250
System.Linq.<SelectIterator>d__7`2.MoveNext() +198
System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source) +217
System.Linq.<GetEnumerator>d__0.MoveNext() +96
This can happen if you execute a query while iterating over the results from another query. It is not clear from your example where this happens because the example is not complete.
One thing that can cause this is lazy loading triggered when iterating over the results of some query.
This can be easily solved by allowing MARS in your connection string. Add MultipleActiveResultSets=true to the provider part of your connection string (where Data Source, Initial Catalog, etc. are specified).
You can use the ToList() method before the return statement.
var accounts =
from account in context.Accounts
from guranteer in account.Gurantors
select new AccountsReport
{
CreditRegistryId = account.CreditRegistryId,
AccountNumber = account.AccountNo,
DateOpened = account.DateOpened,
};
return accounts.AsEnumerable()
.Select((account, index) => new AccountsReport()
{
RecordNumber = FormattedRowNumber(account, index + 1),
CreditRegistryId = account.CreditRegistryId,
DateLastUpdated = DateLastUpdated(account.CreditRegistryId, account.AccountNumber),
AccountNumber = FormattedAccountNumber(account.AccountType, account.AccountNumber)
})
.OrderBy(c=>c.FormattedRecordNumber)
.ThenByDescending(c => c.StateChangeDate)
.ToList();
public DateTime DateLastUpdated(long creditorRegistryId, string accountNo)
{
var dateReported = (from h in context.AccountHistory
where h.CreditorRegistryId == creditorRegistryId && h.AccountNo == accountNo
select h.LastUpdated).Max();
return dateReported;
}
Use the syntax .ToList() to convert object read from db to list to avoid being re-read again.
Here is a working connection string for someone who needs reference.
<connectionStrings>
<add name="IdentityConnection" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDb)\v11.0;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\IdentityDb.mdf;Integrated Security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
In my case, using Include() solved this error and depending on the situation can be a lot more efficient then issuing multiple queries when it can all be queried at once with a join.
IEnumerable<User> users = db.Users.Include("Projects.Tasks.Messages");
foreach (User user in users)
{
Console.WriteLine(user.Name);
foreach (Project project in user.Projects)
{
Console.WriteLine("\t"+project.Name);
foreach (Task task in project.Tasks)
{
Console.WriteLine("\t\t" + task.Subject);
foreach (Message message in task.Messages)
{
Console.WriteLine("\t\t\t" + message.Text);
}
}
}
}
I dont know whether this is duplicate answer or not. If it is I am sorry. I just want to let the needy know how I solved my issue using ToList().
In my case I got same exception for below query.
int id = adjustmentContext.InformationRequestOrderLinks.Where(
item => item.OrderNumber == irOrderLinkVO.OrderNumber
&& item.InformationRequestId == irOrderLinkVO.InformationRequestId)
.Max(item => item.Id);
I solved like below
List<Entities.InformationRequestOrderLink> links =
adjustmentContext.InformationRequestOrderLinks
.Where(item => item.OrderNumber == irOrderLinkVO.OrderNumber
&& item.InformationRequestId == irOrderLinkVO.InformationRequestId)
.ToList();
int id = 0;
if (links.Any())
{
id = links.Max(x => x.Id);
}
if (id == 0)
{
//do something here
}
It appears that you're calling DateLastUpdated from within an active query using the same EF context and DateLastUpdate issues a command to the data store itself. Entity Framework only supports one active command per context at a time.
You can refactor your above two queries into one like this:
return accounts.AsEnumerable()
.Select((account, index) => new AccountsReport()
{
RecordNumber = FormattedRowNumber(account, index + 1),
CreditRegistryId = account.CreditRegistryId,
DateLastUpdated = (
from h in context.AccountHistory
where h.CreditorRegistryId == creditorRegistryId && h.AccountNo == accountNo
select h.LastUpdated
).Max(),
AccountNumber = FormattedAccountNumber(account.AccountType, account.AccountNumber)
})
.OrderBy(c=>c.FormattedRecordNumber)
.ThenByDescending(c => c.StateChangeDate);
I also noticed you're calling functions like FormattedAccountNumber and FormattedRecordNumber in the queries. Unless these are stored procs or functions you've imported from your database into the entity data model and mapped correct, these will also throw excepts as EF will not know how to translate those functions in to statements it can send to the data store.
Also note, calling AsEnumerable doesn't force the query to execute. Until the query execution is deferred until enumerated. You can force enumeration with ToList or ToArray if you so desire.
In my case, I had opened a query from data context, like
Dim stores = DataContext.Stores _
.Where(Function(d) filter.Contains(d.code)) _
... and then subsequently queried the same...
Dim stores = DataContext.Stores _
.Where(Function(d) filter.Contains(d.code)).ToList
Adding the .ToList to the first resolved my issue. I think it makes sense to wrap this in a property like:
Public ReadOnly Property Stores As List(Of Store)
Get
If _stores Is Nothing Then
_stores = DataContext.Stores _
.Where(Function(d) Filters.Contains(d.code)).ToList
End If
Return _stores
End Get
End Property
Where _stores is a private variable, and Filters is also a readonly property that reads from AppSettings.
As a side-note...this can also happen when there is a problem with (internal) data-mapping from SQL Objects.
For instance...
I created a SQL Scalar Function that accidentally returned a VARCHAR...and then...used it to generate a column in a VIEW. The VIEW was correctly mapped in the DbContext...so Linq was calling it just fine. However, the Entity expected DateTime? and the VIEW was returning String.
Which ODDLY throws...
"There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command
which must be closed first"
It was hard to figure out...but after I corrected the return parameters...all was well
In addition to Ladislav Mrnka's answer:
If you are publishing and overriding container on Settings tab, you can set MultipleActiveResultSet to True. You can find this option by clicking Advanced... and it's going to be under Advanced group.
I solved this problem by changing
await _accountSessionDataModel.SaveChangesAsync();
to
_accountSessionDataModel.SaveChanges();
in my Repository class.
public async Task<Session> CreateSession()
{
var session = new Session();
_accountSessionDataModel.Sessions.Add(session);
await _accountSessionDataModel.SaveChangesAsync();
}
Changed it to:
public Session CreateSession()
{
var session = new Session();
_accountSessionDataModel.Sessions.Add(session);
_accountSessionDataModel.SaveChanges();
}
The problem was that I updated the Sessions in the frontend after creating a session (in code), but because SaveChangesAsync happens asynchronously, fetching the sessions caused this error because apparently the SaveChangesAsync operation was not yet ready.
For those finding this via Google;
I was getting this error because, as suggested by the error, I failed to close a SqlDataReader prior to creating another on the same SqlCommand, mistakenly assuming that it would be garbage collected when leaving the method it was created in.
I solved the issue by calling sqlDataReader.Close(); before creating the second reader.
Most likely this issue happens because of "lazy loading" feature of Entity Framework. Usually, unless explicitly required during initial fetch, all joined data (anything that stored in other database tables) is fetched only when required. In many cases that is a good thing, since it prevents from fetching unnecessary data and thus improve query performance (no joins) and saves bandwidth.
In the situation described in the question, initial fetch is performed, and during "select" phase missing lazy loading data is requested, additional queries are issued and then EF is complaining about "open DataReader".
Workaround proposed in the accepted answer will allow execution of these queries, and indeed the whole request will succeed.
However, if you will examine requests sent to the database, you will notice multiple requests - additional request for each missing (lazy loaded) data. This might be a performance killer.
A better approach is to tell to EF to preload all needed lazy loaded data during the initial query. This can be done using "Include" statement:
using System.Data.Entity;
query = query.Include(a => a.LazyLoadedProperty);
This way, all needed joins will be performed and all needed data will be returned as a single query. The issue described in the question will be solved.
The same error happened to me when I was looping and updating data on
IEnumerable<MyClass>
When I changed the looped-on collection to be List<MyClass>, and filled it by converting by .ToList(), it solved and updated without any errors.
I had the same error, when I tried to update some records within read loop.
I've tried the most voted answer MultipleActiveResultSets=true and found, that it's just workaround to get the next error 
New transaction is not allowed because there are other threads running
in the session
The best approach, that will work for huge ResultSets is to use chunks and open separate context for each chunk as described in 
SqlException from Entity Framework - New transaction is not allowed because there are other threads running in the session
Well for me it was my own bug. I was trying to run an INSERT using SqlCommand.executeReader() when I should have been using SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(). It was opened and never closed, causing the error. Watch out for this oversight.
This is extracted from a real world scenario:
Code works well in a Stage environment with MultipleActiveResultSets is set in the connection string
Code published to Production environment without MultipleActiveResultSets=true
So many pages/calls work while a single one is failing
Looking closer at the call, there is an unnecessary call made to the db and needs to be removed
Set MultipleActiveResultSets=true in Production and publish cleaned up code, everything works well and, efficiently
In conclusion, without forgetting about MultipleActiveResultSets, the code might have run for a long time before discovering a redundant db call that could be very costly, and I suggest not to fully depend on setting the MultipleActiveResultSets attribute but also find out why the code needs it where it failed.
I am using web service in my tool, where those service fetch the stored procedure. while more number of client tool fetches the web service, this problem arises. I have fixed by specifying the Synchronized attribute for those function fetches the stored procedure. now it is working fine, the error never showed up in my tool.
[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)]
public static List<t> MyDBFunction(string parameter1)
{
}
This attribute allows to process one request at a time. so this solves the Issue.
In my case, I had to set the MultipleActiveResultSets to True in the connection string.
Then it appeared another error (the real one) about not being able to run 2 (SQL) commands at the same time over the same data context! (EF Core, Code first)
So the solution for me was to look for any other asynchronous command execution and turn them to synchronous, as I had just one DbContext for both commands.
I hope it helps you

To remove special characters from data while moving data from mssql to mysql using pentaho data integration

In a Table data, I have to remove these [*,=,#,&,^,%] from table data. I should not remove these
special characters [(,),/,.,#,',",:-,_,,\] while moving data from mssql to mysql using pentaho data
integration
example:-
Gujarat is the country’s largest castor oil seed producing state. The m*ajor
month’s
Why not use regular expressions in the query you are using to retrieve the data? It will simplify your transformation!
You can use either Regex Evaluation step or String operations step in Spoon
Try them and if you still have problems comment below.
You can use a "User Defined Java Class" in Pentaho and write a regex expression with the replace function.
public boolean processRow(StepMetaInterface smi, StepDataInterface sdi) throws KettleException{
Object[] r = getRow();
if (r == null) {
setOutputDone();
return false;
}
if (first)
{
first = false;
}
r = createOutputRow(r, 1);
if(get(Fields.In, "data").getString(r) != null)
{
String output= get(Fields.In, "data").getString(r);
output= output.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9\\s()/\\.#-_]+","");
get(Fields.Out, "output").setValue(r, output);
}else {
get(Fields.Out, "output").setValue(r, "");
}
putRow(data.outputRowMeta, r);
return true;
}
data is the input stream data and the cleaned output would be in "output" column. I have shared a sample code here.
Hope this will solve your issue. :)
Modifying my earlier answer to include the full code. Having said this, i have also created a plugin recently to handle special characters. You can have a look at my blog site :
Blog link: https://anotherreeshu.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/special-character-remover-clean-your-data-of-special-characters-pentaho-kettle-step-plugin/
Even though its only version 1.0.0, but you can have a try. It might also help ypu :)

RIA Services - Silverlight 4.0 - Accessing entities from code

I have strange situation I have simple project to test RIA functionality in Silverlight 4.0.
When I use data source for Domain Service it works great but when I want to access Context from code and execute simple query I returns 0 rows.
//test One with query provided to DataSource
var q = ctx.GetDoctorsWithPatientsAndHospitalQuery();
var result = ctx.Load(q);
//test Two using EntityQuery
EntityQuery<Doctor> query =
from c in ctx.GetDoctorsWithPatientsAndHospitalQuery()
select c;
LoadOperation<Doctor> loadOp = this.ctx.Load(query);
var result2 = loadOp.Entities;
//test Three using only entity and Linq
var result3 = ctx.Doctors.ToList();
Strange is also that when I want to add new entity instance from code it works great.
Doctor newDoctor = new Doctor()
{
FirstName = firstNameTextBoxNew.Text,
LastName = lastNameTextBoxNew.Text,
Hospital_Id = tmp,
Hospital = tmpH
};
ctx.Doctors.Add(newDoctor);
ctx.SubmitChanges();
Can anyone could point me what I have done wrong to execute select from code?
Regards,
Daniel Skowroński
Calling "LoadOperation loadOp = this.ctx.Load(query);" from code is an async operation so you are basically checking the result before it completes.
If you want to see the results, you need to provide a callback, to the Load() method, that will execute after the data is loaded.
Data sources for domain services handle async updates, so keep propagating changes as and when load operations complete.
Your "save" works as it does not wait around for the result. You are manually checking the database afterwards. Not checking it in code.
Hope this helps.
As a quick check, try this (breakpoint on the "result2 =" line). Your loadOp is redundant in this example, but I did not want to change your code too much:
LoadOperation<Doctor> loadOp = this.ctx.Load(query, loadOperation =>
{
var result2 = loadOp.Entities;
}, null);
**Note: for those that want to edit this code... Please don't. I wanted to retain the flavour of the asker's code. loadOp and loadOperation point to the same object and result2 was the asker's choice of variable name.*

Using CONTAINS from HQL / Criteria API

I'm using NHibernate 2.1.2.4000GA. I'm trying to use SQL Server's CONTAINS function from within HQL and the criteria APIs. This works fine in HQL:
CONTAINS(:value)
However, I need to qualify the table in question. This works fine:
CONTAINS(table.Column, :value)
However, I need to search across all indexed columns in my table. I tried this:
CONTAINS(table.*, :value)
But I get:
NHibernate.Hql.Ast.ANTLR.QuerySyntaxException : Exception of type 'Antlr.Runtime.MissingTokenException' was thrown. near line ... [select table.Id from Entities.Table table where CONTAINS(table.*,:p0) order by table.Id asc]
at NHibernate.Hql.Ast.ANTLR.ErrorCounter.ThrowQueryException()
at NHibernate.Hql.Ast.ANTLR.HqlParseEngine.Parse()
at NHibernate.Hql.Ast.ANTLR.QueryTranslatorImpl.Parse(Boolean isFilter)
at NHibernate.Hql.Ast.ANTLR.QueryTranslatorImpl.DoCompile(IDictionary`2 replacements, Boolean shallow, String collectionRole)
at NHibernate.Hql.Ast.ANTLR.QueryTranslatorImpl.Compile(IDictionary`2 replacements, Boolean shallow)
at NHibernate.Engine.Query.HQLQueryPlan..ctor(String hql, String collectionRole, Boolean shallow, IDictionary`2 enabledFilters, ISessionFactoryImplementor factory)
at NHibernate.Engine.Query.QueryPlanCache.GetHQLQueryPlan(String queryString, Boolean shallow, IDictionary`2 enabledFilters)
at NHibernate.Impl.AbstractSessionImpl.GetHQLQueryPlan(String query, Boolean shallow)
at NHibernate.Impl.AbstractSessionImpl.CreateQuery(String queryString)
So it would seem the HQL parser chokes on the asterisk. I thought of doing this:
CONTAINS(table.Column1, :value) or CONTAINS(table.Column2, :value)
Not only is this inefficient, it can also yields incorrect results depending on the full text predicate in :value.
I tried customizing my dialect as per these instructions, but that doesn't help because you're still left with the same problem: specifying table.* causes the HQL parser to fall over.
I thought of specifying query substitutions:
<property name="query.substitutions">TABLECONTAINS(=CONTAINS(table.*,</property>
And then simply doing:
TABLECONTAINS(:value)
But that does not work. I'm not sure why - judging by the resultant error, the substitution just doesn't take place because "TABLECONTAINS" is still present in the query. Besides, this wouldn't work for all cases because I'd need to know the alias of the table and dynamically substitute it in.
Therefore, I rolled an interception-based approach:
using System;
using NHibernate;
using NHibernate.SqlCommand;
public class ContainsInterceptor : EmptyInterceptor
{
public override SqlString OnPrepareStatement(SqlString sql)
{
var indexOfTableContains = sql.IndexOfCaseInsensitive("TABLECONTAINS(");
if (indexOfTableContains != -1)
{
var sqlPart = sql.ToString();
var aliasIndex = sqlPart.LastIndexOf("Table ", indexOfTableContains, StringComparison.Ordinal);
if (aliasIndex == -1)
{
return sql;
}
aliasIndex += "Table ".Length;
var alias = sqlPart.Substring(aliasIndex, sqlPart.IndexOf(" ", aliasIndex, StringComparison.Ordinal) - aliasIndex);
sql = sql.Replace("TABLECONTAINS(", "CONTAINS(" + alias + ".*,");
}
return base.OnPrepareStatement(sql);
}
}
This works and I will now be able to sleep tonight, but I do feel a sudden desire to attend London's impending papal procession and shout out a confession.
Can anyone suggest a better way to achieve this?
Why not use an ISQLQuery instead?
You can still retrieve entities, see http://nhibernate.info/doc/nh/en/index.html#querysql-creating
I would think that a custom dialect would be the appropriate way to handle this. You can find some guidance in this article. I've used this approach to register SQL Server-specific functions like ISNULL for use in our projects.

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