Question

i have inherited some code form another developer who is using entityClient for a connection string. the web config entry looks like:

<add name="my_TESTEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/TEST.csdl|res://*/TEST.ssdl|res://*/TEST.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;Data Source=myServer;Initial Catalog=TEST2;User ID=user_gg;Password=Aasdfasfasf;MultipleActiveResultSets=True&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient"/>

what are the metadata files? i found them in the debug folder of the code i was given, do i need to point to them? do i need to move them somewhere else? please help!

the error i’m getting is:

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while
establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or
was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that
SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named
Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server)

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of
the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: A
network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing
a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not
accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL
Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named
Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server)

Answer 1

Your meta data files are: TEST.csdl, TEST.ssdl and TEST.msl.

They are populated by a Entity Framework EDMX. You can look into these files by changing value of the property ‘Metadata Artificat Processing’ from Embed in Output Assembly to Copy to Output Directory.

As I can see in your Web.Config everything have been set correctly so there is no need to move anything.