Problem Description:
Example: I have a stored procedure (let's call it sp_X) that receives an int and a string parameter. I add it to my entity framework model and import it as a function. The function import correctly builds a method that receives an int as the first parameter, a string as the second. This will work for months -- even after adding additional new (unrelated) function imports to the model and rebuilding multiple times -- and then, randomly after adding some new object to the model and updating model from database, I'll get a compile error because the function for sp_X's int and string parameters have been flipped .... it's now sp_X(string, int). No changes have been made to the proc (sp_X). I have to remove the proc and function from the model and reload both in order to correct the problem -- but this flipping behavior will return randomly for this proc. I read recently that if I drop/recreate the proc the problem will be corrected long-term but this is not an ideal solution since, in the case of a stored procedure with string, string parameters, I won't get a compile error when they flip but I will get run-time issues because the function is now sending string 1 to the string 2 parameter and string 2 to the string 1 parameter. Note: I am currently using the Entity Framework 4.0.30319.
Comments: I checked the queries that are sent to the provider for function discovery and we do sort the results by the name of the schema, the name of the procedure and the ordinal of the parameters.
Example: I have a stored procedure (let's call it sp_X) that receives an int and a string parameter. I add it to my entity framework model and import it as a function. The function import correctly builds a method that receives an int as the first parameter, a string as the second. This will work for months -- even after adding additional new (unrelated) function imports to the model and rebuilding multiple times -- and then, randomly after adding some new object to the model and updating model from database, I'll get a compile error because the function for sp_X's int and string parameters have been flipped .... it's now sp_X(string, int). No changes have been made to the proc (sp_X). I have to remove the proc and function from the model and reload both in order to correct the problem -- but this flipping behavior will return randomly for this proc. I read recently that if I drop/recreate the proc the problem will be corrected long-term but this is not an ideal solution since, in the case of a stored procedure with string, string parameters, I won't get a compile error when they flip but I will get run-time issues because the function is now sending string 1 to the string 2 parameter and string 2 to the string 1 parameter. Note: I am currently using the Entity Framework 4.0.30319.
Comments: I checked the queries that are sent to the provider for function discovery and we do sort the results by the name of the schema, the name of the procedure and the ordinal of the parameters.