I am trying to pre-generate view metadata for my Entity Framework project and have run across a problem on the last step when using this resource:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb896240.aspx
Everything else is compiling great, but I’m getting an error when I run my application, and I suspect it’s due to a problem with the final step, ‘re-adding mapping and model files as embedded resources for ASP.NET projects.’
I’m receiving ‘Unable to load the specified metadata resource.’ and my connection string is as follows:
<add name="myEntities"
connectionString="metadata=
.\DataStructure.csdl|
.\DataStructure.ssdl|
.\DataStructure.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider
connection string="Data Source=x;Initial Catalog=x;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=x;Password=x;MultipleActiveResultSets=True""
providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
It is suggested in the document that my connection string file should include the following but haven’t been able to get it right in any configuration:
Metadata=res://<assemblyFullName>/<resourceName>;
Metadata=res://*/<resourceName>;
Metadata=res://*;
Assuming my assembly name is DataStructure.EF, how should my string be constructed?
I compiled a full guide for anybody else having problems and published it here: http://kewney.com/posts/software-development/pre-generating-views-to-improve-query-performance-in-aspnet-mvc-3-entity-framework