Connection String Issues With Entity Framework Context And Deleting - linqpad

I have a simple find delete case:
var query = CompanyUsers
.Where ( cu => cu.eMail.Contains( "123#email.com") || cu.eMail.Contains( "456#email.com"))
ServicesEntities se = new ServicesEntities();
se.DeleteObject( query );
ServiceEntities is a EntityFramework 4.1 DLL. The only thing in the DLL is the EF model.
When I try to delete I get:
"ArgumentException: The specified named connection is either not found in the configuration, not intended to be used with the EntityClient provider, or not valid."
If I try adding the name of the connection string in the app.config file like this:
ServicesEntities se = new ServicesEntities("ServicesEntities");
I get: ArgumentException: Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 0.
How can I use my EF model and perform deletes using the conext. Is it possible to pass through the connection string that LINQPad appears to be creating in the properties tab or at the minimum use the one from the app.config?

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adding new document to CouchDb using ArmChair throws exception Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Iam using couch-db version 2.2.0
and I want to make crud operations on couchdb database using .Net
so I installed Armchair.Core Nuget Package version 0.11.2
and in order to add d a new document I, followed the code that is mentioned in
not finished wiki yet
https://bitbucket.org/dboneslabs/arm-chair/wiki/main-api/session-api.md
Database mydatabase = new Database("TestDb",newConnection("http://localhost:5984"));
using (var session = mydatabase.CreateSession())
{
var author = new Person("Jone");
session.Add(author);// NOTE: If no Id has been assigned before the instance is added to the Session, then ArmChair will assign it. After the object is committed to the database, the revision will then be set onto the instance
session.Commit();
}
but I still getting the error
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
also mydatabase variable mentioned in previous code has values null for Connection and DataBase Parameters even though i passed them in the constructor as it doesn't connect to couchdb database at all and never tries to create database TestDb
any help please ,are there any wrong calls in my code
ArmChair connects to an existing database and does not create one.
if you want to create a database, have a look a look at the sample application, in the Autofac registration there is a method which ensures that there is a database created.
https://bitbucket.org/dboneslabs/arm-chair/src/bd4e70d6c51d8b45cfb89eb65ecf81a4ecefb691/samples/todo/Todo.Service/Infrastructure/Modules/DataAccessModule.cs#lines-62
its not the pretty-est of code but works.

See the SQL commands generated by EntityFramework: Cast exception

Based on this and this, I'm doing the following to get the SQL enerated by Entity Framework 5.0
var query = from s in db.ClassesDetails
where s.ClassSet == "SetOne"
orderby s.ClassNum
select s.ClassNum;
var objectQuery = (System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery)query; // <= problem!
var sql = objectQuery.ToTraceString();
However on the second line I get the following exception:
Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbQuery`1[System.Int16]' to type 'System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery'.
Did something change since those SO answers were posted? What do I need to do to get the queries as strings? We're running against Azure SQL so can't run the usual SQL profiler tools :(
ObjectQuery is created when you are using ObjectContext. When you are using DbContext it uses and creates DbQuery. Also, note that this is actually not a DbQuery but DbQuery<T>. I believe that to display SQL when having DbQueries you can just do .ToString() on the DbQuery instance so no cast should be required. Note that parameter values will not be displayed though. Parameter values were added to the output very recently in EF6 - if you need this you can try the latest nightly build from http://entityframework.codeplex.com

F# Type Provider for SQL in a class

I am writing a F# to be used with Azure Worker role. I want the class to have the connection string a as a parameter. I create a db connection with
type dbSchema = SqlDataConnection<"...">
let db = dbSchema.GetDataContext()
but dbSchema is a type so it cannot be embeded in my class (another type). I can create two separate modules, one with the db connection and another one with my class
module DataSource =
[<Literal>]
let connectionString = "Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Service;Integrated Security=True"
type dbSchema = SqlDataConnection<connectionString>
let db = dbSchema.GetDataContext()
module DealerFactory =
type Factory(connectionString) =
member this.GetList(latitudeLeftTop, longitudeLeftTop, latitudeRightBottom, longitudeRightBottom) =
".."
But how do I use the connectionString in my class' constructor to create the connection?
The type provider for SQL database uses connection string for two different purposes. First, it needs one (at compile time) to generate the database schema. Second, you may (optionally) give it another one to use at runtime when actually running the program.
The compile-time connection string needs to be specified as parameter in SqlDataConnection<...> and the run-time connection string can be passed to GetDataContext(...) operation.
So, you can define your type using statically known compile-time connection string:
[<Literal>]
let connectionString = "Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Service; ..."
type dbSchema = SqlDataConnection<connectionString>
And when you want to create an instance of the DB connection, you can pass it another connection string:
type Factory(connectionString) =
// Create connection to the DB using (a different)
// connection string specified at runtime
let db = dbSchema.GetDataContext(connectionString)
member this.GetList( latitudeLeftTop, longitudeLeftTop,
latitudeRightBottom, longitudeRightBottom) =
// Use local 'db' to access the database
query { for v db.Table do select v }
Compared with your original code (with the db value in a module), there is a difference that this creates a new db instance for every Factory, but I guess this is expected if Factory takes the connection string as an argument.

Applying SSIS Package Configuration to multiple packages

I have about 85 SSIS packages that are using the same connection manager.
I understand that each package has its own connection manager.
I am trying to decide what would be the best configurations approach to simply set the connectionstring of the connection manager based on the server the packages are residing on.
I have visited all kinds of suggestions online, but cannot find anywhere the practice where I can simply copy the configuration from one package to the rest of the packages.
There are obviously many approaches such as XML file, SQL Server, Environment Variable, etc.
All the articles out there are pointing to use an Indirect method by using XML or SQL approach. Why would using an environment variable for just holding a connection string is such a bad approach?
Any suggestions are highly appreciated.
Thanks!
Why would using an environment variable for just holding a connection string is such a bad approach?
I find the environment variable or registry key configuration approach to be severely limited by the fact that it can only configure one item at a time. For a connection string, you'd need to define an environment variable for each catalog on a given server. Maybe it's only 2 or 3 and that's manageable. We had a good 30+ per database instance and we had multi-instanced machines so you can see how quickly this problem explodes into a maintenance nightmare. Contrast that with a table or xml based approach which can hold multiple configuration items for a given configuration key.
...best configurations approach to simply set the connectionstring of the connection manager based on the server the packages are residing on.
If you go this route, I'd propose creating a variable, ConnectionString and using it to configure the property. It's an extra step but again I find it's easier to debug a complex expression on a variable versus a complex expression on a property. With a variable, you can always pop a breakpoint on the package and look at the locals window to see the current value.
After creating a variable named ConnectionString, I right click on it, select Properties and set EvaluateAsExpression equal to True and the Expression property to something like "Data Source="+ #[System::MachineName] +"\\DEV2012;Initial Catalog=FOO;Provider=SQLNCLI11.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;"
When that is evaluated, it'd fill in the current machine's name (DEVSQLA) and I'd have a valid OLE DB connection string that connects to a named instance DEV2012.
Data Source=DEVSQLA\DEV2012;Initial Catalog=FOO;Provider=SQLNCLI11.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;
If you have more complex configuration needs than just the one variable, then I could see you using this to configure a connection manager to a sql table that holds the full repository of all the configuration keys and values.
...cannot find anywhere the practice where I can simply copy the configuration from one package to the rest of the packages
I'd go about modifying all 80something packages through a programmatic route. We received a passel of packages from a third party and they had not followed our procedures for configuration and logging. The code wasn't terribly hard and if you describe exactly the types of changes you'd make to solve your need, I'd be happy to toss some code onto this answer. It could be as simple as the following. After calling the function, it will modify a package by adding a sql server configuration on the SSISDB ole connection manager to a table called dbo.sysdtsconfig for a filter named Default.2008.Sales.
string currentPackage = #"C:\Src\Package1.dtsx"
public static void CleanUpPackages(string currentPackage)
{
p = new Package();
p.app.LoadPackage(currentPackage, null);
Configuration c = null;
// Apply configuration Default.2008.Sales
// ConfigurationString => "SSISDB";"[dbo].[sysdtsconfig]";"Default.2008.Sales"
// Name => MyConfiguration
c = p.Configurations.Add();
c.Name = "SalesConfiguration";
c.ConfigurationType = DTSConfigurationType.SqlServer;
c.ConfigurationString = #"""SSISDB"";""[dbo].[sysdtsconfig]"";""Default.2008.Sales""";
app.SaveToXml(sourcePackage, p, null);
}
Adding a variable in to the packages would not take much more code. Inside the cleanup proc, add code like this to add a new variable into your package that has an expression like the above.
string variableName = string.Empty;
bool readOnly = false;
string nameSpace = "User";
string variableValue = string.Empty;
string literalExpression = string.Empty;
variableName = "ConnectionString";
literalExpression = #"""Data Source=""+ #[System::MachineName] +""\\DEV2012;Initial Catalog=FOO;Provider=SQLNCLI11.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;""";
p.Variables.Add(variableName, readOnly, nameSpace, variableValue);
p.Variables[variableName].EvaluateAsExpression = true;
p.Variables[variableName].Expression = literalExpression;
Let me know if I missed anything or you'd like clarification on any points.

linq to sql generates an faulting connectionstring

Started working after some days off, and generated a new dbml file through vs 2008. then it sent an error:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
MyBase.New(Global.System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("C__USERS_JIMMY_DOCUMENTS_VISUAL_STUDIO_2008_WEBSITES_LUNCHGUIDEN_APP_DATA_LUNCHGU"& _
row 88:"IDEN_MDFConnectionString").ConnectionString, mappingSource)
its like the dbml generates an own connection string, but i have done this alot of times before without it happening?
the problems is when i put it up on a sharp server.. it obviously cant find the connectionstring. what to do so the connectionstring doesnt get generated wrong?
Use the datacontext constructor with the connectionstring in parameter so it will not look after the default one
Ex:
using(MyDbContext context = new MyDbContext(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["myConnection"].ConnectionString))
{
...
}
Could it be that while you added a new entity to the model that the appSettings have been generated? It seems that linq to sql is always storing the connectionstring of the entity that was previously added to the model.