In the "old" Entity Framework it was possible to use SqlFunctions in order to create something like an ordinary LIKE statement.
... where SqlFunctions.PatIndex("%na_f%", x.Name) > 0...
While in the "new" Entity Framework there seems to be no replacement for SqlFunctions. That approach was a workaround anyway, but some way to use a simple LIKE statement would be very useful. If not essential.
In the "old" Entity Framework it was possible to use
SqlFunctionsin order to create something like an ordinaryLIKEstatement.... where SqlFunctions.PatIndex("%na_f%", x.Name) > 0...While in the "new" Entity Framework there seems to be no replacement for
SqlFunctions. That approach was a workaround anyway, but some way to use a simpleLIKEstatement would be very useful. If not essential.