Neither the SQLManagement Studio nor Visual Studio 2005 will open a 3.5 database. I understand that it's a "Orcas" technology but it works fine with vs2005 and Framework 2.0. I'm currently using VS2005 with CE 3.5 and using Rafik's Sync services, support for 3,5 would be a great help for the XSD and query creation.
Does anyone know when broader support for 3.5 will be available?
I have an application where I'm trying to store xml data in a db field defined as ntext. I have a dataset and table adapter setup in VSNet 2005 and SqlCe 3.1. When I look at the table adapter in the VS designer it shows the field with a type of String and a size of 2147483647 which appears to be correct. Also, if I look at the code generated by the MSDataSetGenerator tool it shows the parameter defined in the same way as in the following param = new System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeParameter(); param.ParameterName = "@Questions"; param.Size = 2147483647; param.IsNullable = true; param.SourceColumn = "Questions"; this._commandCollection[2].Parameters.Add(param);
My problem is that when I run the application and try to insert an item into this column the application throws an exception related to corrupted memory. Trying to debug the problem I found at run time, the param.Size value for the ntext parameter had been set to 255. Since the specific xml I was trying to insert was 410 characters in length I'm guessing that this is what is causing the crash.
Is the expected behavior (the setting of the size to 255 that is)? If not, am I missing some trick here?
I have successfully created CLR stored procures using c# and SQL Server 2005. Now I want to use the CLR stored procedures with some ASP.NET controls. I can add the CLR stored procedure to the dataset designer and have it add a new table adapter but it does not list the columns in the designer view. This forces me to code the column references manually into the controls (tried: DropDownList, GridView).
I can deal with adding the columns manually for controls using a CLR stored procedure, but I want to make sure I was not missing something, am I?
BTW: TSQL stored procedures work as expected (show columns in the dataset designer)
I am currently upgrading our ppc app (written in .net 2003) to .net 2005 and from sqlce 2.0 to 3.0. The new application runs out memory(storage) when handling lots of data transactions (both in case of using sqlcedatareader, and dataset ). There is no memory leak issue here, sqlce 3.0 simply uses a lot more (3 times more) memory than sqlce 2.0.
Our applicaton runs fine using sqlce 2.0 and .net 2003, but fail due to memory shortage
with the upgrades(which has the same code). Anyone can shed some lights on this issue?
Does anyone have any instructions on how to go about uprading a .sdf file from sqlce 2.0 to sqlce 3.0?
I found this on an msdn website (link: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/sqlmobile/upgrading.mspx) but as you can see its very lacking on detail. (I included the link and content referring to upgrading the database files so you won't have to go to the link to see the part referring to upgrading the database.) I tried to run the upgrade.exe on my device but it doesn't explain how you're supposed to point it to the .sdf that you are trying to update. Here is the content on the above web page.
Upgrading Database Files You can upgrade a database created with an earlier version of SQL Server CE 2.0 to a database created with SQL Server Mobile by using the SQL Server Mobile Database Upgrade tool (upgrade.exe). The Database Upgrade tool runs on a smart device.
When you run the SQL Server Mobile Database Upgrade tool, the new SQL Server Mobile database is created on the smart device. The new database, with the file name extension .sdf, contains all the data that was in the source database. You need to reinitialize the upgraded database to continue using it for replication.
Note: If you are using replication or remote data access (RDA) as a connectivity solution before upgrading to SQL Server Mobile, you must synchronize the source SQL Server CE database (subscription database) with the SQL Server database (Publisher). The reason for synchronizing before upgrading to SQL Server Mobile is to ensure that any changes that exist in the tables on the SQL Server CE database are updated on the SQL Server database, because after the upgrade you must resubscribe or repull using the new database.
Reader Community I've just started hosting my newly created Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition web site. Unfortunately the Login group membership functions will not function correctly. Having contacted the web service hosting provider, They replied: "We do not support SQL express2005. The only way to use the extra functions of ASP.NET2 such as group membership is if it is using an SQL 2000 database to connect to. " Is it possible to design web sites with Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition that store membership details on an SQL 2000 database? I've just paid £88 approx. $140 for a years subscription, have I chosen the wrong web service hosting provider? Should I have designed the web site with a better web site design software tool that also makes designing membership login functionality easy, just as Microsoft Visual Web developer 2005 express edition? Look forward to all comments? Regards
My app is working on my local system with the vs2008 development server. It's an asp.net app and I added the line: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("SQLServerCompactEditionUnderWebHosting", true);
So it works fine on my system. But I can't get it to work on shared hosting. I have uploaded all the sqlce 3.5 dlls to the bin directory. I am stuck at the error:
Access to the database file is not allowed. [ File name = ]
There actually is a file name in the connection string, and I set the permissions wide open on App_Data to test this.
What are the .net framework requirements for sqlce 3.5? I can't find this info anywhere.
I know sqlce 3.5 is not recommended for asp.net, but it is not the main site database but is used for a setup database utility to be installed for a windows app.
We have over 1000 terminals running CE 4.2 on an x86 cpu currently using SQLCE 3.1.
We have just upgraded to VS 2008 and found the projects have been upgraded to reference SQL CE 3.5 - this is great, as we wish to use things like TOP etc.
However, all the distributable packages only include CAB files for CE 4.2 for the ARM Processor, or CE 5.0 for the x86. Is there a CAB package available for CE 4.2 for the x86 CPU? (please...)
Even just the relevant .DLL files would be fine as we repackage them ourselves anyway.
Hi i developed Wm5 PPC application with sqlce database. i Create Cab file when i install in my HP WM5 PPC that will showe the Message sqlcewm.dll missed. Please tell me 1)sqlce30.ppc.wce5.armv4i 2)sqlce30.wce5.armv4i 3)sqlce20.ppc.wce5.armv4i..Please Help me
In my homegrown data layer, I added the ability to do Order By Clauses.
I do one query with an Order By clause (all 6 records in the table retrieved). Then I do a 2nd query without an Order By (36 of around 200 records in the table retrieved)
And I'm getting Native Exceptions.
ExceptionCode: 0xc00000000c (Null Pointer I believe) ExceptionAddresss: 0x00c3703c (looks to be in sqlcese30.dll) Reading: 0x00000005
I ran thru with the debugger, and am finding the error happening inside of a SQLDataReader.Read() call. It's trying to read the 14th of the 36 records that the query has found.
I am all but positive I'm not closing this database connection. The problem is happening while I'm looping off the reader data I just retrieved and in this query there was no ORDER BY clause.
I'm at a loss as to what to do about this. I'm not explicitly closing any database connections, and I'm getting the data right after performing the query.
I wrote a very simple C# console application which was designed to give us a rough idea on the performance and reliability of SQLCE (the source code without metrics has been posted to this group recently). What I've found is that there are major performance and reliability issues with SQLCE 3.0 as opposed to SQLCE 2.0. Whereas SQLCE 2.0 seems to be fairly consistent in terms of it's memory usage and the amount of time taken to insert rows into the table regardless of the size of the table (to a limit, after about 300,000 records it too has major performance issues), SQLCE 3.0 seems to slow down noticably and continually use more memory even after a few thousand records are inserted and actually crashes (consistently) after 25592 records are inserted!
What gives? Based on this it would seem that SQLCE 2.0 is far preferable for an unattended device that needs an uptime of over 30 days whilst constantly (several times per minute) inserting into the database.
Last month , I have made a utility named sqlce viewer to help me manage sqlce 3.5 beta version databases . The location is https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlceviewer/
And now , I encounter a strange problem , need some help .
After user install this utility or run it standalone execute file .There has a error message poped before see the login in form . Even user has installed .net framework version 3.5 . And if user has installed visual studio 2008 beta2 ,this problem will not existed .
This utility depend on these components : 1)WPF 2).net framework 3.5 beta
I don't know what's the reason clearly . Anyone could give some advice are warm welcome.
I'm still having trouble deploying my Compact Edition application. The installation on other computers works, but if the program tries to start, i get the error message (translated from german):
"This Version of SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition is not licencensed for productive use"
I always thought that there are no licence restriction with SQL Compact Edition. Strangely the the programm works on some computers... as I think on all computers where Visual Studio is installed.
I was going to use Sql compact 2005 with vs2005 and use merge replication with MSDE2000. Unfortunately I found out this isnt possible (only possible if I use SQL Server 2000)
Has I can replicate with MSDE2000 with Sql CE 2.0 the question is:
Can I use sql ce 2.0 with vs2005 and windows CE 5??? Do I use the same System.Data.SqlServerCe assembly?
I am running VS2005 Pro edition. I have downloaded, but not installed, SQL Express with Advanced Services SP1. Can I install it over the VS2005 version of SQL Express or do I have to do some install work?
Also, regarding the Books Online July version, must I do a clean install or can I just install it over whatever came with VS2005?
Hi, i'm looking for SQL CE 3.5 for Visual Studio 2005. I am currently using SQL CE 3.1 and wish to use the System.Transactions support which has been included in v3.5.
I know Orcas includes v3.5 but i need to continue using VS2005. Is there an installer or similair so i can develop applications with SQL CE 3.5 with my current development environment? I see there is a new SQL CE sync installer which includes the 3.5 runtime files, however ideally i would like the sdk so i can use the dataset designer. Is it possible?
Error Code: -2147467259 Message: A call to SQL Server Reconciler failed. [,,,,,] Minor Err. 29006 Source: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition
Any idea what could be the possible problem? I have been trying to search thru the internet for a resolution but most of the guides are very brief about the configuration of the merge replication in mssql2000 server. e.g. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/09/DataPoints/default.aspx This link above its recommended by Microsoft, but still doesn't really helps.
Does anybody have a step-by-step guide on configuring the merge replication in mssql? With diagrams preferred.
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Is there anything wrong with these codes:
oRpl.Publisher = "HANBIN"; // HANBIN is my database server name oRpl.PublisherLogin = "LHP"; oRpl.PublisherPassword = "<password>";
oRpl.InternetUrl = "http://hanbin/ssce/sscesa20.dll"; oRpl.InternetLogin = "IUSR_HANBIN"; oRpl.InternetPassword = ""; // do i need to put sth here?
oRpl.Subscriber = "CESubscriberTest"; // Any names will do? oRpl.Publication = "testdbpub"; oRpl.PublisherDatabase = "testdb";
I’m using SQLCE and SQL Server2000 to replicate to a Pocket PC running PPC MS windows 2002. What I want to know is it possible to update my cab file on the PDA remotely?
Is it possible to install the cab file trough SQLCE?
Hi, Can I use SqlCe v3.1 and SqlClient v2.0 in one .net application? (Note: I can't use RDA or replication. SqlClient read and write data in ON-LINE mode, SqlCe store and manipulate with data in OFF-LINE mode.)
MSDN has examples of deploying SQLCE privately for C# and VB.NET, but that doesn't seem to translate to C++. A .NET application just loads the assembly it needs from the local directory, but from what I can tell I need to use the OLE DB driver to use SQL CE in C++. The problem is that the OLE DB driver is a COM object that (presumably) needs to be registered.
Has anyone successfully used SQLCE from C++ without registering any COM objects? I'm thinking the only way to do that would be to call DllGetObject() on the DLL and get the object manually, but I've never done this so I'd hate to waste the time if there's an easier way, or if this won't work.
In the readme of v3.5, it mentions that if I use 3.5 to open a database file created by previous version, the version number will be updated to 3.5, so I opened it in c# and run some select statement, then I run the verify() command and here's what's returned:
it seems the database file did not get updated to v3.5. Unless it's returning original info.
Then, I take this same database file and try to access from another project with v3.5 runtime + Enterprise Library, and it generates this error:
An exception of type 'System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeException' occurred in guardian.exe but was not handled in user code
Additional information: You are trying to access an older version of a SQL Server Compact Edition database. If this is a SQL Server CE 1.0 or 2.0 database, run upgrade.exe. If this is a SQL Server Compact Edition 3.0 or later database, run Compact / Repair. [ Db version = 3505053,Requested version = 3004180,File name = D:Dataceguardian.sdf ]
I am confused. Shouldn't 3.5 opens it up regardless of what version it is?
I am trying to soak in all this information regarding SQLCE and was hoping someone could set me off in the right direction.
Scenario: I have an Windows Mobile 5.0 data collection application that I need to sync with a desktop database. I will need the ability to sync 1 or more Pocket PC's with a desktop database.
Questions:
1.) Assuming I need to sync the data, is using a SQLCE database on the device AND the desktop a viable solution?
2.) If not, would my only other option be to use SQL Server Express (SQL Server is not an option, $$$)?
3.) Keeping simplicity in mind, what would be my best choice of syncing technology? RDA? Merge Replication? Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET?
Generally speaking, I want to know if YOU were starting from scratch, what combination of technologies would you use?
hi I am new in SQLCE and I am trying to run SQLCE SERVER... I have already downloaded the software and installed it as server on my computer... I have checked the services running on my system but could not find SQLCE server, I don't know what is wrong with it and don't know what to do with SQLCE server .. I will be glad if any one would tell me what to do... thanks.......