SqlFunctions.Difference(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Objects.SqlClient

Assembly:: System.Data.Entity.dll

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Returns an integer value that indicates the difference between the SOUNDEX values of two character expressions.

public:
 static Nullable<int> Difference(System::String ^ string1, System::String ^ string2);

[System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("SqlServer", "DIFFERENCE")]
public static int? Difference (string string1, string string2);

[<System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("SqlServer", "DIFFERENCE")>]
static member Difference : string * string -> Nullable<int>

Public Shared Function Difference (string1 As String, string2 As String) As Nullable(Of Integer)

Parameters

string1: String

The first string.

string2: String

The second string.

Returns

Nullable<Int32>

The SOUNDEX difference between the two strings.

Attributes: EdmFunctionAttribute

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database. For information about the corresponding SQL Server function, see DIFFERENCE (Transact-SQL).

Applies to

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