Question

I keep getting the Keyword not supported: ‘file access retry timeout’ error when viewing pages that access my database.

So I’m assuming it can’t access the database. I had this exact same problem just a few moments ago, when viewing my homepage. I changed (in my _AppStart.cshtml file) this:

WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("MYDB", etc, etc, etc, etc);

to:

WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("Data Source=|DataDirectory|\\MYDB.sdf", "System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0", etc, etc, etc, etc);

and it worked!

However, when I go to another page, (which tried to access the database from a C# Class, (.cs file) I get the same error!

But, in my C# file (.cs) – I cannot change:

var database = Database.Open("MYDB");

to:

var database = Database.Open("Data Source=|DataDirectory|\\MYDB.sdf", "System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0", etc, etc, etc, etc);

… because it says:

No overload for method ‘Open’ takes 2 arguments (obviously).

The error (before making the above change in the .cs file:

Server Error in ‘/’ Application.

Keyword not supported: ‘file access retry timeout’. 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.ArgumentException: Keyword not supported:
‘file access retry timeout’.

Source Error:

> 
> Line 161:     foreach(string item in items) Line 162:     { Line 163:         var
> row = database.QuerySingle("select Suburb, State from
> SuburbsPostCodesAndStates where Suburb = @0", item); Line
> 164:          if(row != null) Line 165:           {
>   

Source File:
c:\HostingSpaces\jpezzime\mysite.com\wwwroot\App_Code\JTSi.cs
Line: 163

Stack Trace:

[ArgumentException: Keyword not supported: ‘file access retry
timeout’.]
System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnectionStringBuilder.GetIndex(String
keyword) +198
System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnectionStringBuilder.set_Item(String
keyword, Object value) +31
System.Data.Common.DbConnectionStringBuilder.set_ConnectionString(String
value) +185
System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnectionStringBuilder..ctor(String
connectionString) +181
System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnection.set_ConnectionString(String
value) +241
WebMatrix.Data.DbProviderFactoryWrapper.CreateConnection(String
connectionString) +96
WebMatrix.Data.<>c_DisplayClass15.b_14()
+16 WebMatrix.Data.Database.get_Connection() +19 WebMatrix.Data.Database.EnsureConnectionOpen() +13
WebMatrix.Data.d__0.MoveNext() +72
System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault(IEnumerable1 source) +4232212
WebMatrix.Data.Database.QuerySingle(String commandText, Object[] args)
+98 JTSi.FindSetAndRemoveLocation(List1 items) in c:\HostingSpaces\jpezzime\mysite.com\wwwroot\App_Code\JTSi.cs:163
ASP._Page_Shared_Pages_Search_cshtml.Execute() in
c:\HostingSpaces\jpezzime\mysite.com\wwwroot\Shared\Pages\Search.cshtml:17
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy() +208
System.Web.WebPages.WebPage.ExecutePageHierarchy(IEnumerable`1
executors) +68 System.Web.WebPages.WebPage.ExecutePageHierarchy()
+123 System.Web.WebPages.StartPage.RunPage() +19 System.Web.WebPages.StartPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +67
System.Web.WebPages.StartPage.RunPage() +19
System.Web.WebPages.StartPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +67
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext
pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +78
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageHttpHandler.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpContextBase
httpContext) +121

——————————————————————————– Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319;
ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272

Can anybody please help shed some light on this? I have absolutely no idea how a website can go from totally awesome, to totally screwed up, in just a matter of minutes – when I haven’t even made any changes!

Answer 1

Solution:

replace:

var database = Database.Open("MYDB");

with:

var database = Database.OpenConnectionString("Data Source=|DataDirectory|\\MYDB.sdf", "System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0");