SpatialEdmFunctions.SpatialBuffer(DbExpression, DbExpression) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.ExpressionBuilder.Spatial

Assembly:: System.Data.Entity.dll

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Creates a DbFunctionExpression that invokes the canonical 'SpatialBuffer' function with the specified arguments, which must have a Edm.Geography or Edm.Geometry and Edm.Double result types. The result type of the expression is Edm.Geometry.

public:
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static System::Data::Common::CommandTrees::DbFunctionExpression ^ SpatialBuffer(System::Data::Common::CommandTrees::DbExpression ^ spatialValue, System::Data::Common::CommandTrees::DbExpression ^ distance);

public static System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.DbFunctionExpression SpatialBuffer (this System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.DbExpression spatialValue, System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.DbExpression distance);

static member SpatialBuffer : System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.DbExpression * System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.DbExpression -> System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.DbFunctionExpression

<Extension()>
Public Function SpatialBuffer (spatialValue As DbExpression, distance As DbExpression) As DbFunctionExpression

Parameters

spatialValue: DbExpression

An expression that specifies the spatial value.

distance: DbExpression

An expression that specifies the buffer distance.

Returns

DbFunctionExpression

A new DbFunctionExpression that returns a geometry value representing all points less than or equal to distance from spatialValue.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

spatialValue distance

ArgumentException