From b81e8c6005889ce6469b125c4a34e4382cbe2d90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay <jay@jayc.uk>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 17:51:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: restore old string translation from pomelo 8.0

---
 .../Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs           | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/EFCore.MySql/Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs b/src/EFCore.MySql/Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs
index 417200c7d..9c002a2d3 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.MySql/Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.MySql/Query/Internal/MySqlObjectToStringTranslator.cs
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ public virtual SqlExpression Translate(
 
             // Enums are handled by EnumMethodTranslator.
             return _supportedTypes.Contains(instance.Type)
-                ? _sqlExpressionFactory.Coalesce(
-                    _sqlExpressionFactory.Convert(instance, typeof(string)),
-                    _sqlExpressionFactory.Constant(string.Empty))
+                ? _sqlExpressionFactory.Convert(instance, typeof(string))
                 : null;
         }
     }