I can't find how my connectionString syntax is wrong. Can anyone suggest a way to figure this out? I am having a difficulty using EF with my connection string. I am new to EF.
I am using Sybase Anywhere 12 database.
I'm using the Table-First ObjectContext with EDMX in a separate class library refenced by a web application.
I'm using a Ninject Module in my class library to bind my repositories.
I'm using a ODBC DataStore called "Test"
Other information EF 4.3.1.0, .NET 4, VS2010
My main web application web.config has the EF connection string copied to it as:
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Entities"connectionString="metadata=res://*/MyEntities.csdl|res://*/MyEntities.ssdl|res://*/MyEntities.msl;provider=iAnywhere.Data.SQLAnywhere;provider connection string="UserID=aUser;Password=aPassword;DataSourceName=Test"" providerName="iAnywhere.Data.SQLAnywhere"/>
</connectionStrings>
When I initialize my Entity/ObjectContext in my Repository (see using statement below) it returns an error: "The specified named connection is either not found in the configuration, not intended to be used with the EntityClient provider, or not valid."
using (var context = new Entities())
{
return {Linq to Entity here}
}
I turned on CLR exceptions on the debugger and found the code throws the error in the .NET Framework here:
EntityConnection.cs
effectiveConnectionOptions = new DbConnectionOptions(setting.ConnectionString, EntityConnectionStringBuilder.Synonyms, false);
edmx designer generated:
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new Entities object using the connection string found in the 'Entities' section of the application configuration file.
/// </summary>
public Entities() : base("name=Entities", "Entities")
{
this.ContextOptions.LazyLoadingEnabled = true;
OnContextCreated();
}
I can see my connection string there, so it is having a difficult time parsing the connectionString. I have tried many different permutations of syntax and haven't found anything it accepts including:
Explicitly naming the assembly for entity files instead of a wildcard(e.g. metadata=res://MyDomain/MyEntities.csdl...)
Using Sybase friendly ODBC attributes such as UID instead of UserID, PWD instead of Password, and DBN instead of DataSourceName.
Thanks.
I got everything working and the only reason I can think of is that I deleted my ASP .NET 4.0 temp files. Also, I must add I changed my process from using an integration test to test this piece to using a unit test. I did not do unit tests first, because our build server does not have a database on it.
Once I was able to prove that it was working there, I decided to delete my temp files. After that, everything started working properly. So, some sort of cache issue was occurring in my application. I used the same connectionString that I mentioned above.
Actually, I used the domain name of the Metadata "metadata=res://MyDomain/MyEntitities.csdl" rather than */MyEntities.csdl. I don't plan on changing the domain any time soon. In fact, that is just what may have caused some of the issue, because I had changed the location, name, and namespace of MyEntities.Domain where the EF was.
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Using Entity Framework Core 2.1 I have code that calls a stored procedure, passing in some params. During execution we are using Sql Server and everything works as expected. Our test cases however, run using Sqlite. Is there a decent way (without overly polluting the code with unwanted code added only to support testing) to get the code to run regardless of which database is actually being used?
Currently the code in question looks like this:
await MyContext.Database.ExecuteSqlCommandAsync("UpdateEndDate #p0, #p1, #p2", id, from, thru);
And causes a SqliteException:
Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException
HResult=0x80004005
Message=SQLite Error 1: 'near "UpdateEndDate": syntax error'.
Source=Microsoft.Data.Sqlite
...
(Also wondering why are there SqlParameter and SQLiteParameter? Why cant there be a database agnostic parameter class?)
Configuration for DBContext in test harness is below:
public static SqliteConnection GetConnection()
{
SqliteConnection connection = new SqliteConnection("DataSource=:memory:");
connection.Open();
connection.CreateFunction(
"NEWID",
Guid.NewGuid(),
g => g);
return connection;
}
serviceProvider = new ServiceCollection()
.<snipped>
.AddEntityFrameworkSqlite()
.AddDbContext<MyContext>(
(theServiceProvider, opt) => opt
.UseInternalServiceProvider(theServiceProvider)
.UseSqlite(GetConnection()))
.BuildServiceProvider();
MyContext cc = serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(MyContext)) as MyContext;
cc.Database.EnsureCreated();
Have you considered using the DbProviderFactory class? It became available in Core 2.1. Put both connection strings in your appSettings.json and in the startup set appropriate DbContext based on the environment it's running in.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.data.common.dbproviderfactory?view=netcore-2.1
I have an application that uses entity framework. I am writing a unit test in which I would like to use data driven testing from a CSV file.
However, when I run the test, I get an error that the sqlserver provider cannot be loaded:
Initialization method UnitTest.CalculationTest.MyTestInitialize threw
exception. System.InvalidOperationException:
System.InvalidOperationException: The Entity Framework provider type
'System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices,
EntityFramework.SqlServer' registered in the application config file
for the ADO.NET provider with invariant name 'System.Data.SqlClient'
could not be loaded. Make sure that the assembly-qualified name is
used and that the assembly is available to the running application.
If I remove the data driven aspects and just test a single value, then the test works.
If I just use the data driven aspects and remove the Entity Framework stuff, then the test works.
So, its only when I try to use data driven test with entity framework active at the same time do I get the error. So, where am I going wrong here?
Here's my test method:
[TestMethod, TestCategory("Calculations")
, DataSource("Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.DataSource.CSV"
, "ConvertedMeanProfileDepth.csv", "ConvertedMeanProfileDepth#csv"
, Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.DataAccessMethod.Sequential)
, DeploymentItem("ConvertedMeanProfileDepth.csv")]
public void ConvertedMeanProfileDepthTest()
{
ConvertedMeanProfileDepth target = new ConvertedMeanProfileDepth();
Decimal mpd = decimal.Parse(this.TestContext.DataRow["mpd"].ToString());
Decimal expected = decimal.Parse(this.TestContext.DataRow["converted"].ToString());
Decimal actual;
actual = target.Calculate(mpd);
Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
}
So I managed to work it out in the end. For future reference, here's the solution:
Rob Lang's post, Entity Framework upgrade to 6 configuration and nuget magic, reminded me of the issue here:
When a type cannot be loaded for a DLL that is referenced in a
project, it usually means that it has not been copied to the output
bin/ directory. When you're not using a type from a referenced
library, it will not be copied.
And this will raise its ugly head the moment you use deployment items in your tests. If you use a deployment item in your test, then all of the required binaries are copied to the deployment directory. Problem is, if you are using dynamically loaded items, then the test suite does not know it has to copy those items.
With Entity Framework, this means that your providers will not be copied to the deployment location and you will receive the error as per my question.
To resolve the issue, simply ensure that your entity framework provider is also marked as a deployment item.
So, note the inclusion of DeploymentItem(#"EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll") in my test attributes. All works perfectly from here:
[TestMethod, TestCategory("Calculations")
, DataSource("Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.DataSource.CSV"
, "ConvertedMeanProfileDepth.csv", "ConvertedMeanProfileDepth#csv"
, Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.DataAccessMethod.Sequential)
, DeploymentItem("ConvertedMeanProfileDepth.csv")
, DeploymentItem(#"EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll")]
public void ConvertedMeanProfileDepthTest()
{
ConvertedMeanProfileDepth target = new ConvertedMeanProfileDepth();
Decimal mpd = decimal.Parse(this.TestContext.DataRow["mpd"].ToString());
Decimal expected = decimal.Parse(this.TestContext.DataRow["converted"].ToString());
Decimal actual;
actual = target.Calculate(mpd);
Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual);
}
How to configure Entity Framework to use different connection string when executing migrations and when working with the database.
The reason for that is quite simple, I do not want to have sa login for the website, but I want to be able to execute migrations.
After not finding anything on the web for how to do that, the Object Explorer helped.
The EF Migration Configuration class (where AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true is set)
has also a property named TargetDatabase.
This can be set to whatever connection string you want like so:
TargetDatabase = new System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbConnectionInfo(
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnString"].ConnectionString,
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnString"].ProviderName);
I want to use Entity Framework without app.config file.
I want to define a string variable Connection String in my code and use that to connect to the database.
Please show me the way if it is possible.
You're not mentioning what approach you're using (database-first, model-first, code-first) - but basically, in the end, you need to define a string variable and assign it a valid EF connection string
string myConnectionString = "...(define a valid EF connection string here)......";
Example for database-first approach:
string myConnectionString = #"metadata=.\Model1.csdl|.\Model1.ssdl|.\Model1.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string="";data source=.;initial catalog=test;integrated security=True;multipleactiveresultsets=True;App=EntityFramework""";
and then use that to create your ObjectContext (database- and model-first) or DbContext (code-first)
using(ObjectContext ctx = new ObjectContext(myConnectionString))
{
// do your EF magic here.....
}
But quite honestly - I think this is a really bad idea since this makes it impossible for you to move your application to another machine - no one else can install and run this, since the connection string is hard-coded into your C# code..... the whole point of having config files is so that you can change / adapt things like connection strings so that they are not tied to a single machine/location but can be adapted to the particular needs of a given user / customer....
I am using EF4 Self Tracking Entities (VS2010 Beta 2 CTP 2 plus new T4 generator). But when I try to update entity information it does not update to database as expected.
I setup 2 service calls. one for GetResource(int id) which return a resource object. the second call is SaveResource(Resource res); here is the code.
public Resource GetResource(int id)
{
using (var dc = new MyEntities())
{
return dc.Resources.Where(d => d.ResourceId == id).SingleOrDefault();
}
}
public void SaveResource(Resource res)
{
using (var dc = new MyEntities())
{
dc.Resources.ApplyChanges(res);
dc.SaveChanges();
// Nothing save to database.
}
}
//Windows Console Client Calls
var res = service.GetResource(1);
res.Description = "New Change"; // Not updating...
service.SaveResource(res);
// does not change anything.
It seems to me that ChangeTracker.State is always show as "Unchanged".
anything wrong in this code?
This is probably a long shot... but:
I assume your Service is actually in another Tier? If you are testing in the same tier you will have problems.
Self Tracking Entities (STEs) don't record changes until when they are connected to an ObjectContext, the idea is that if they are connected to a ObjectContext it can record changes for them and there is no point doing the same work twice.
STEs start tracking once they are deserialized on the client using WCF, i.e. once they are materialized to a tier without an ObjectContext.
If you look through the generated code you should be able to see how to turn tracking on manually too.
Hope this helps
Alex
You have to share assembly with STEs between client and service - that is the main point. Then when adding service reference make sure that "Reuse types in referenced assemblies" is checked.
The reason for this is that STEs contain logic which cannot be transfered by "Add service reference", so you have to share these types to have tracing logic on client as well.
After reading the following tip from Daniel Simmons, the STE starts tracking. Here is the link for the full article. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee335715.aspx
Make certain to reuse the Self-Tracking Entity template’s generated entity code on your client. If you use proxy code generated by Add Service Reference in Visual Studio or some other tool, things look right for the most part, but you will discover that the entities don’t actually keep track of their changes on the client.
so in the client make sure you don't use add service reference to get the proxy instead access service through following code.
var svc = new ChannelFactory<IMyService>("BasicHttpBinding_IMyService").CreateChannel();
var res = svc.GetResource(1);
If you are using STEs without WCF you may have to call StartTracking() manually.
I had the same exact problem and found the solution.
It appears that for the self-tracking entities to automatically start tracking, you need to reference your STE project before adding the service reference.
This way Visual Studio generates some .datasource files which does the final trick.
I found the solution here:
http://blogs.u2u.be/diederik/post/2010/05/18/Self-Tracking-Entities-with-Validation-and-Tracking-State-Change-Notification.aspx
As for starting the tracking manually, it seems that you do not have these methods on the client-side.
Hope it helps...