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SpatialEdmFunctions.Area(DbExpression) Method

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Definition

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

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

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

Parameters

spatialValue
DbExpression

An expression that specifies the spatial surface value for which the area should be calculated.

Returns

DbFunctionExpression

A new DbFunctionExpression that returns either the area of spatialValue or null if spatialValue is not a surface.

Applies to