How about this line of code var Obj = context.MediaCategories.Select(c => "ABC".Substring(1) != null).ToList();
It produces SELECT CASE WHEN (Substring('ABC', 1 + 1, (LENGTH('ABC')) - 1) IS NOT NULL) THEN 1 WHEN (Substring('ABC', 1 + 1, (LENGTH('ABC')) - 1) IS NULL) THEN 0 END AS [C1] FROM [MediaCategories] AS [Extent1] -- Executing at 29/05/2015 9:17:06 PM -05:00 SQLite error (1): no such function: Substring -- Failed in 89 ms with error: SQL logic error or missing database no such function: Substring