Question

I decided to move Entity Connection String from app.config to code. However after setting it up like this:

    public static string GetConnectionString() {
        string connection = "";

        SqlConnectionStringBuilder sqlBuilder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder();
        sqlBuilder.DataSource = dbServer;
        sqlBuilder.InitialCatalog = dbInitialCatalog;

        sqlBuilder.IntegratedSecurity = false;
        sqlBuilder.UserID = dbUserName;
        sqlBuilder.Password = dbPasswWord;
        sqlBuilder.MultipleActiveResultSets = true;

        EntityConnectionStringBuilder entity = new EntityConnectionStringBuilder();
       // entity.Name = "EntityBazaCRM";
        entity.Metadata = @"res://*/Data.System.csdl|res://*/Data.System.ssdl|res://*/Data.System.msl";

        entity.Provider = "System.Data.SqlClient";
        entity.ProviderConnectionString = sqlBuilder.ToString();

        connection = entity.ToString();

        return connection;
    }

I have an exception thrown Unable to load the specified metadata resource. in .Designer.cs.

    /// <summary>
    /// Initialize a new EntityBazaCRM object.
    /// </summary>
    public EntityBazaCRM(string connectionString) : base(connectionString, "EntityBazaCRM")
    {
        this.ContextOptions.LazyLoadingEnabled = true;
        OnContextCreated();
    }

If I define .Name inside my Entity creator it throws another exception

"Other keywords are not allowed when the 'Name' keyword is specified." (System.ArgumentException) Exception Message = "Other keywords are not allowed when the 'Name' keyword is specified.", Exception Type = "System.ArgumentException"

I know I’m missing something that I have to change so that self generated code uses new connection string but where to look for it?

Answer 1

After reading this answers article and this blog I changed:

  entity.Metadata = @"res://*/Data.System.csdl|res://*/Data.System.ssdl|res://*/Data.System.msl";

To:

  entity.Metadata = "res://*/";

And it works 🙂