http://msmvps.com/blogs/matthieu/archive/2009/05/25/ef-requ-234-ter-directement-en-sql.aspxWith EF4, it’s possible to execute some SQL queries. (It was possible with EF v1 with EF extensions ). I don’t like it. Indeed, it implies to break the EDM abstraction against the DataBase. Moreover, we can do without. In the V1, it was possibleenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)