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Troubleshooting Entity Framework Connection Strings

Craig Stuntz's Weblog – In an application which uses the Entity Framework, you may see the following error at runtime: MetadataException: Unable to load the specified metadata resource The cause of this error is a missing or malformed Entity Framework connection string. In particular, the cause of this error is the metadata parameter of the connection string. Let’s examine this more closely. Which Config File? Before you begin troubleshooting, make sure you are looking at the correct file. Connection strings are loaded from the configuration file for the executing assembly, which may not be the assembly which ...

Favorite? Off-Topic? Craig Stuntz @ 2010-08-13 16:14