When I use expression trees to replace a method, such as Math.Max, it looks like it successfully replaces it in the expression tree. But when I go to use it in Entity Framework, it throws an exception about not supporting Math.Max for Entity Framework. But I am explicitly replacing it.

Does anyone know why? And a way to fix the code?

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```
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    public static class CalculateDatabase
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var calcs = GetCalculateToAmounts(GetTestItems(), 0.5m).ToList();
        }

        public static IQueryable<Item> GetTestItems()
        {
            var items = new List<Item>();
            items.Add(new Item()
            {
                DoNotItem = true,
                ReductionAmount = 2,
                PreviousDiscountAmount = 3,
                CurrentDiscountAmount = 10,
                CurrentAmount = 100,
                PreviousAmount = 50,
                CurrentBillAmount = 75
            });

            return items.AsQueryable();
        }

        public class Item
        {
            public bool DoNotItem { get; set; }
            public decimal ReductionAmount { get; set; }
            public decimal PreviousDiscountAmount { get; set; }
            public decimal CurrentDiscountAmount { get; set; }
            public decimal CurrentAmount { get; set; }
            public decimal PreviousAmount { get; set; }
            public decimal CurrentBillAmount { get; set; }
        }

        public static IQueryable<CalculateToAmount> GetCalculateToAmounts(this IQueryable<Item> entityItems, decimal percentage)
        {
            return entityItems.Select(CalculateAmountExpression(percentage));
        }

        public class CalcType
        { }

        public class CalculateToAmount
        {
            public CalcType CalcType { get; set; }
            public Item Item { get; set; }
            public decimal ItemAmount1 { get; set; }
            public decimal ItemAmount2 { get; set; }
            public decimal ItemAmount3 { get; set; }
            public decimal Bonus { get; set; }
            public decimal Discounts { get; set;  }
            public decimal Total { get; set; }
        }

        private static Expression<Func<Item, CalculateToAmount>> CalculateAmountExpression(this decimal percentage)
        {
            Expression<Func<Item, CalculateToAmount>> lambda = item => new CalculateToAmount()
            {
                Item = item,

                Bonus = item.DoNotItem
                    ? 0 
                    : item.CurrentBillAmount * (1 - percentage) + item.ReductionAmount,
                Discounts = item.PreviousDiscountAmount + item.CurrentDiscountAmount,
                Total = Math.Max(item.CurrentAmount + item.PreviousAmount, item.CurrentBillAmount)
            };

            var test = MathModifier.Modify(lambda);
            return test;
        }

        public class MathModifier : ExpressionVisitor
        {
            protected override Expression VisitMethodCall(MethodCallExpression node)
            {
                var isMinMethod = node.Method.Name.Equals("Min", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
                var isMaxMethod = node.Method.Name.Equals("Max", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);

                if (!isMinMethod && !isMaxMethod)
                    return base.VisitMethodCall(node);

                var left = node.Arguments[0];
                var right = node.Arguments[1];

                var minMaxReplaceMethod =
                    isMinMethod
                        ? Expression.Condition(Expression.LessThan(left, right), left, right)
                        : Expression.Condition(Expression.GreaterThan(left, right), left, right);

                return minMaxReplaceMethod;
            }

            public static Expression<Func<TIn, TOut>> Modify<TIn, TOut>(Expression<Func<TIn, TOut>> expression)
            {
                var modifier = new MathModifier();
                return (Expression<Func<TIn, TOut>>)modifier.Visit(expression);
            }
        }
    }
}

```

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If you call

```
var calcs = GetCalculateToAmounts(GetTestItems(), 0.5).ToList()

```

it will work. But if you replace the above GetTestItems() with an entity framework \_dbContext.Items, it will not work.

To test this code, you would need to add Item structure to the EF project, make a migration, and push it into the database.

I wish I could make this less technical so this question could be answered by a wider variety of people. Hopefully the bounty is adequate for an the answer. If not, please pm me.