(Nice short name!) SQL Server Compact 4.0 SP1 CTP1 is now available for download: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29037 – is is also installed with Visual Studio 11 Ultimate beta. Installing this .MSI will replace your current SQL Server Compact 4.0 binaries in Program Files, and change the version to 4.0.8854.1.
No blog post or KB article yet, I will update this post when they become available. I the meantime, I have skimmed though the code in the ADO.NET provider, which reveals the following changes (all is just guesses, and it is beta software, of course):
New connection string keyword: “File Access Retry Timeout” – will reattempt connection open from 0 – 30 seconds, with a default value of 0.
Improved local C++ runtime verification.
SqlCeConnection.GetSchema bug fixes
SqlCeParameter.Add(String parameterName, Object value) has been deprecated. Use AddWithValue(String parameterName, Object value) instead.
According to this thread, this bug has been fixed: Getting exception "The data area passed to a system call is too small." in SQL Server Compact 4
Hi ErikEJ,
ReplyDeleteThe problem I encountered is that I used your toolbox export CE4 DB (data and schema) to files, but I found nowhere to import to,say, another CE4 DB.
For CE3.5, SQL 08 R2 SSMS can execute each generated file, (13 files, size around 240MB), into another CE4 DB (that's what I could think of for importing), the execution is pretty fast.
I read your blog and knew that MS SQL 08 R2 SSMS doesn't support CE4.0. And I used your toolbox to execute those files, much slower than SSMS. Any idea?
Thanks!
Hi ErikEJ,
ReplyDeleteThe problem I encountered is that I used your toolbox export CE4 DB (data and schema) to files, but I found nowhere to import to,say, another CE4 DB.
For CE3.5, SQL 08 R2 SSMS can execute each generated file, (13 files, size around 240MB), into another CE4 DB (that's what I could think of for importing), the execution is pretty fast.
I read your blog and knew that MS SQL 08 R2 SSMS doesn't support CE4.0. And I used your toolbox to execute those files, much slower than SSMS. Any idea?
Thanks!
You can use my command line query utility: sqlcecmd40.exe, available from http://sqlcecmd.codeplex.com
ReplyDeleteI'm getting this error when trying to add a controller with an EF template. I've started with a new project and installed the packages. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling SQL Server Compact 4.0 SP1 CTP1. The app runs and uses the 4.0 membership database ok. I can also use the Sql Compact Toolkit.
ReplyDeleteException Type: System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeException
Exception Message: Native components of SQL Server Compact engine are not loaded. Please reinstall Microsoft SQL Server Compact.
Exception Stack Trace: at System.Data.SqlServerCe.NativeMethods.ThrowIfNativeLibraryNotLoaded()
at System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnection.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
at System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeConnection.Finalize()
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Suggest you ask on Stackoverflow or MSDN, and please provide more information, like type of project, your config file settings etc.
ReplyDeleteThe nuget package don´t work at Medium Trust! You need to rollback the version to 4.0.0.0.
ReplyDeleteFelipe - what errors are you getting...
ReplyDeleteIs this the same Medium Trust problem that required us to copy System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll from the 4.0 Desktop folder rather than using NuGet? I was hoping that would be solved.
ReplyDeleteHi Erik,
ReplyDeleteFirst, thanks for your blog and toolbox - you're providing much more dev support on SQLCE than Microsoft!!
I have two questions:
1) Do you know of the release ETA of SQLCE4.0 SP1 (when it comes out of beta?)
2) I am using C++/MFC - Does CompactDatabase work differently in 4.0? It worked find in 3.5, but since moving my code to 4.0 I cannot get that call to work (and ISSCEError get_Description returns an empty string).
Thanks again,
Jared
Jamome: 1: 15th august 2012, released with VS 2012, 2: Not a clue, I do mainly .NET Dev, no C++
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