Linq to oracle entities - convert decimal to string

hi ,
Im using entityframework beta for oracle
I need compare string to a decimal column in my linq to entities query so i need convert number column to varchar, but .toString is not supported nor Convert.ToString nor SQLFunction.ToVarchar(or something like that) so how can i achieve this? should i import db function or there is some other (easier) way?
Thx for answer

Hi,
I solved it by importing to_char builtin oracle function to my model:
in edmx file put this (to section where your other procedures/functions are ) (change schema attribute to yours):
<Function Name="to_char" ReturnType="varchar2" Aggregate="false" BuiltIn="true" NiladicFunction="false" IsComposable="true" ParameterTypeSemantics="AllowImplicitConversion" StoreFunctionName="to_char" Schema="TOPASFO_DEMO">
<Parameter Name="value" Type="number" Mode="In" />
</Function>
And make partial class of your entities class and put there this:
[EdmFunction("Store", "to_char")]
public string to_char(decimal value)
// don’t need to implement the function
throw new ApplicationException();
And you can call it just like your other imported functions/procedures.

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