Friday, July 18, 2008

Entity Framework Beta 3 With .NET 3.5 SP1

If anyone has run into issues with the new 3.5 SP1 and ADO.NET EF they know what I'm talking about. The other day I upgraded my system with .NET 3.5 SP1 to run Dynamic Data samples. What I get in return is multiple errors while editing or adding tables to my EDMX file which did not make any sense (one of those wierd non descriptive errors). Finally after lot of "struggle" I could trace the issue.... I had to uninstall my Entity Framework Beta 3 and .NET 3.5 SP1 and then reinstall .NET 3.5 SP1 onto my machine.... not forgetting to restart my machine couple of times.

Bottom Line: Unistall any version of ADO.NET Entity Framework on your box and then install .NET 3.5 SP1 or else you'll see all thos erros I talked earlier


This post will help anyone with similar issues and avoid having them spend half a day on investigating the issue with no clue.

*****BTW Dynamic Data for MVC Preview 4 has been release today and I am testing at this moment... keep checking and I'll keep everyone posted of the new release.

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