SQL SELECT with an exception in a WCF service - sql

I have a method in the WCF service with a SQL query for a basic log in authentication :
SELECT StudentID, Password
FROM tbUserAccounts
WHERE StudentID = #ID AND Password = #Password
If this query does not find any results, will the WCF encounter this as an error / exception or does it return anything?
The reason I ask is because running this method from my Universal Windows app, I am still able to log in with the password box (which is a textbox) being empty. I must be missing something here since the AND statement is there?
I have a try catch also but it doesn't seem to trigger the catch

the Query will return a result set with 0 records
You should test for zero results in the result set

If it doesn't find any results it will still succeed and return an empty result set. You probably need to check and make sure that you are getting 1 and only 1 row back. Also, please don't use this as an actual authentication method for production code.

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ASP.NET Core Web API - Return a string message with a NoContent Response?

I have some records in the database that may or may not have some information for a certain column, and that's OK.
If a consumer of the endpoint runs into one of these records, I'd like to return "NoContent", because, well, there's No Content for that record that we can execute on. BUT ... I'd like to give them a message why, as there are two distinct reasons.
When looking at other status codes, this works:
return Accepted("I SEE THIS STRING!");
It actually shows up in the Response Header as the field location (I think, don't make me run this project again!)
This works for say Internal Server error:
return StatusCode(500, "I SEE THIS TOO!");
But, for NoContent there is no constructor like Accepted, where you can pass an object. Also, this shows me no string whatsoever:
return StatusCode(204, "WHY CAN'T I SEE THIS STRING?!");
Help!
204 (No Content) returns an HttpResponseMessage with, well, No Content.
If you do have content to return that the user can consume (the two reasons), then you don't have a No Content scenario.
Perhaps an Ok (200) with a custom ContentNotProvided class that holds a message, which can be consumed by the client, will do the trick?
Alternatively, return a BadRequest (400) with a message.

How to return both data field and errors field with Graphql-kotlin query

I am working on one server that resolve GraphQL queries. I used the graphql-kotlin library: https://github.com/ExpediaDotCom/graphql-kotlin.
I defined three resolve functions(could be viewed as three fields): getxxx(arguments...), getTarget(arguments...) and getSource(arguments...).
The problem is if one of my queried field failed, I will only get the 'errors' field. All other successful executed results(data) are dropped.
If I try to catch the exception for the failed field, then I will not get the 'error' field at last.
This is the image that had exception and dropped all fetched data:
The objective is returning both the successful fetched data in 'data' field and error message for failed field in 'errors' field.
I have checked this: How to return both error and data in a graphql resolver?
If I set a field that throw one error or exception intentionally, I will only get 'errors' field at last(Like the picture above).
In addition, many websites like this:https://itnext.io/the-definitive-guide-to-handling-graphql-errors-e0c58b52b5e1 suggest we should return partial result and error message, but in my case if I meet exception, only error message would be returned.
In our example application we have two top level queries
{
onlyCake(msg: "cake")
generateNumber
}
If I run this code this will return a random number and onlyCake returns the string <3. However if I modify the input of onlyCake to something that is not the string cake I will get an error. This is expected because the field onlyCake has a directive to implement this behavior.
https://github.com/ExpediaDotCom/graphql-kotlin/blob/2961b64d6e4cceb4034aec198d667e5f965decd2/example/src/main/kotlin/com/expedia/graphql/sample/directives/CakeOnlyDirectiveWiring.kt#L18-L19
The question is though, if I want to return the data still for generateNumber can I do that and have both errors and data in the response?
The answer is it's possible but not with the current schema. The issue is that our schema for onlyCake and generateNumber are both non-nullable fields. So as a client if I see that there is a data field I should expect to see both there otherwise I would have a parsing issue in my code. This is why we can't have this behaviour with the schema as is. If you want to implement this behaviour, the schema developer needs to decide where they can return null for some response and modify the errors field appropriately with a DataFetcherExceptionHandler
Or the other option is that we support the behaviour in graphql-java to return a DataFetcherResult<T> instead of just T from the kotlin functions. See the section Returning data and errors here: https://www.graphql-java.com/documentation/v13/execution/
I have created an issue to continue this discussion with other team members: https://github.com/ExpediaDotCom/graphql-kotlin/issues/244

Web API 2 cannot register user

I have a Web API 2 project using MVC. It uses entity framework. This entity framework uses a database first approach with a .edmx file.
The project is based on VS 2013 Express Web API 2 template. I just used my own database. I didn't modify any account related code. But when I try to register a new user, the following statement in AccountController.cs throw exception:
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> Register(RegisterBindingModel model)
{
...
IdentityResult result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, model.Password);
...
}
The exception says:
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'Discriminator', table 'xxx.dbo.AspNetUsers'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The statement has been terminated.
Can anyone help me? Thank you!
The answer is in your question's body.
table 'xxx.dbo.AspNetUsers'; column does not allow nulls.
Seems to be, that you're trying to insert a NULL value from your model instance RegisterBindingModel model, where the structure of your table in database server doesn't allow to accept NULL value.
Try to debug and check, is your model instance is creating correctly when the request is coming.
Also I can see, that you use:
IdentityResult result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, model.Password);
Why user isn't a member of your model, like the Password property?
Maybe try to use:
IdentityResult result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(model.User, model.Password);
Anyway... I don't have more info and don't imagine, what is inside your model instance, how you're binding data in it from the request. You should to look in the debugger and debug very well to repair your project or provide more info.
But one thing is clear as a crystal, you're trying to insert a NULL value into the column, which doesn't accept NULL, so you must check how is your model binding. Maybe your client-side application doesn't send correctly some arguments, maybe you're binding you model incorrectly, maybe something else... There is a need to get more information from you to help you, otherwise you should debug carefully.
I upgraded all NuGet Packages yesterday. Among them Asp.net Identity is upgraded to 2.0.0.0.
It magically worked.
So I suspect that was because of some bug in Identity 1.0

I am trying to use Yodlee/executeUserSearchRequest as a RESTful request and need an answer on how to call

I am working with the Yodlee services in c# and using the RESTful api. So far I have successfully connected and logged in with my CobrandSession and UserSessionToken in the development environment. I used the sample apps provided in c# and with some advice from shreyans i got an app working. What I got working was
1) Get YodleeAuthentication
2) Get UserAuthentication
3) Get ItemSummaries
I am now trying to get the full transaction details for each of the Items (i.e. collections of accounts that are an Item)
reading the Docs here https://developer.yodlee.com/Indy_FinApp/Aggregation_Services_Guide/REST_API_Reference/executeUserSearchRequest it states that I need to call executeUserSearchRequest and then paginate through the results using the getUserTransactions. So I am stuck at this point. I dont really want a search which has parameters I just want ALL transactions for this account that I can see.
However, I am using the variables as defined in that page :-
var request = new RestRequest("/jsonsdk/TransactionSearchService/executeUserSearchRequest", Method.POST);
request.AddParameter("cobSessionToken", param.CobSessionToken);
request.AddParameter("userSessionToken", param.UserSessionToken);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.containerType", param.ContainerType);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.higherFetchLimit", param.HigherFetchLimit);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.lowerFetchLimit", param.LowerFetchLimit);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.resultRange.endNumber", param.EndNumber);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.resultRange.startNumber", param.StartNumber);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.currencyCode", param.CurrencyCode);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.postDateRange.fromDate", param.FromDate);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.postDateRange.toDate", param.ToDate);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.transactionSplitType.splitType", param.SplitType);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.ignoreUserInput", param.IgnoreUserInput);
request.AddParameter("transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.itemAcctId", param.ItemAcctId);
var response = RestClientUtil.GetBase().Execute(request);
var content = response.Content;
return new YodleeServiceResultDto(content);
As per the response from shreyans in this posting Getting Error "Any one of [**] of transactionSearchFilter cannot be NULL OR Invalid Values I am not putting in the ClientId and the ClientName
The documentation doesn't specify the format of the dates but the example seems to tell me that its american date format. And specifies a parameter saying IgnoreUserinput, but doesnt have a parameter for user input so this is confusing
When I make a call using this format I get an error response
var getSearchResult = yodleeExecuteUserSearchRequest.Go(yodleeExecuteUserSearchRequestDto);
getSearchResult.Result="
{"errorOccured":"true","exceptionType":"Exception Occured","refrenceCode":"_60ecb1d7-a4c4-4914-b3cd-49182518ca5d"}"
But I get no error message in this and I have no idea what I have done wrong or where to look up this error, can somebody who has used Yodlee REST Api point me in the right direction as I need to get this researched quickly....
thanks your your help, advice, corrections and pointers....
Here is the list of parameters which you can try
1) For a specific ItemAccountId all transactions
transactionSearchRequest.containerType=all
transactionSearchRequest.higherFetchLimit=500
transactionSearchRequest.lowerFetchLimit=1
transactionSearchRequest.resultRange.startNumber=1
transactionSearchRequest.resultRange.endNumber=500
transactionSearchRequest.searchClients.clientId=1
transactionSearchRequest.searchClients.clientName=DataSearchService
transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.currencyCode=USD
transactionSearchRequest.searchClients=DEFAULT_SERVICE_CLIENT
transactionSearchRequest.ignoreUserInput=true
transactionSearchRequest.ignoreManualTransactions=false
transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.transactionSplitType=ALL_TRANSACTION
transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.itemAccountId.identifier=10000353
2) For a Specific account (itemAccountId) with start and end dates
transactionSearchRequest.containerType=all
transactionSearchRequest.higherFetchLimit=500
transactionSearchRequest.lowerFetchLimit=1
transactionSearchRequest.resultRange.startNumber=1
transactionSearchRequest.resultRange.endNumber=500
transactionSearchRequest.searchClients.clientId=1
transactionSearchRequest.searchClients.clientName=DataSearchService
transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.currencyCode=USD
transactionSearchRequest.searchClients=DEFAULT_SERVICE_CLIENT
transactionSearchRequest.ignoreUserInput=true
transactionSearchRequest.ignoreManualTransactions=false
transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.transactionSplitType=ALL_TRANSACTION
transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.itemAccountId.identifier=10000353
transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.postDateRange.fromDate=08-01-2013
transactionSearchRequest.searchFilter.postDateRange.toDate=10-31-2013

What is the correct value or status code to indicate that a username record could not be updated?

I'm implementing a basic service to add usernames to user records in a database. The service first checks if the username exists and if it does returns some value to tell the client that the username is already taken. If the username is available it updates the user record and returns "OK". In this application the client is a native IOS mobile app and the server is node.js. But that shouldn't be relevant to this question.
For this service, what would you recommend I use as my return values? For example, when successful should I return a status code 200? A boolean value? A custom string? Similarly for the unsuccessful condition what would the recommended and customary return value be?
The status 201 is intented to be used when some resource is created. So when your user is created you should set status code 201 and set it to 200 when the same request does an update. Additionally you can return the ID id the created/updated user. IMHO you should keep create and update as separate services.
You can use apporpriate 4xx errors (Refer link) when errors happen. Always keep a status message attribute in your response if your response is XML or JSON. You can set appropriate messages into this and the mobile app can check this message based on the HTTP Status Code you give.
I would return a 201 for the successful condition and a 400 or 409 for the unsuccessful condition.
Hope that helps!
Brandon