How to get next value of SQL Server sequence in Entity Framework?

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You can create a simple stored procedure in SQL Server that selects the next sequence value like this:

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.GetNextSequenceValue 
AS 
BEGIN
    SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR dbo.TestSequence;
END

and then you can import that stored procedure into your EDMX model in Entity Framework, and call that stored procedure and fetch the sequence value like this:

// get your EF context
using (YourEfContext ctx = new YourEfContext())
{
    // call the stored procedure function import   
    var results = ctx.GetNextSequenceValue();

    // from the results, get the first/single value
    int? nextSequenceValue = results.Single();

    // display the value, or use it whichever way you need it
    Console.WriteLine("Next sequence value is: {0}", nextSequenceValue.Value);
}

Update: actually, you can skip the stored procedure and just run this raw SQL query from your EF context:

public partial class YourEfContext : DbContext 
{
    .... (other EF stuff) ......

    // get your EF context
    public int GetNextSequenceValue()
    {
        var rawQuery = Database.SqlQuery<int>("SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR dbo.TestSequence;");
        var task = rawQuery.SingleAsync();
        int nextVal = task.Result;

        return nextVal;
    }
}

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