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public static T ExecuteSql<T>(DbContext ctx, string sql, List<DbParameter> parms)

{

DbCommand cmd = ctx.Database.Connection.CreateCommand();

cmd.CommandText = sql; cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;

foreach (DbParameter p in parms) cmd.Parameters.Add(p);

try {

ctx.Database.Connection.Open();

DbDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();

ObjectResult<T> jInfo = ((IObjectContextAdapter) ctx) .ObjectContext .Translate<T>(reader);

return jInfo.FirstOrDefault();

}

finally { ctx.Database.Connection.Close();

}

}