sql-server-ce

I have run into my first dissapointment with Entity Framework 4. It turns out that SQL CE, when used with EF4, does not support autogenerated primary keys . I get a System.Data.UpdateException from OnjectContext.SaveChanges() with this message: Server-generated keys and server-generated values are not supported by SQL Server Compact. So, now I have to manually generate keys for my entities. Assuming I want to use auto-incremented integer keys, what is the best way to go about generating and keeping track of the keys when using Entity Framework? Thanks for your help. At the bottom of the link

In a web application we develop we generate SQL Server CE database files and for those we also generate passwords. The passwords are generated using System.Web.Security.Membership.GeneratePassword(). I assumed that GeneratePassword generated suitable password strings since it uses letters, digits and symbols. On http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa257373(v=sql.80).aspx I find a vague statement that SQL Server CE passwords "Can contain letters, symbols, digits, or a combination." But today a password was generated that made it impossible to create the database because the connection

I'm working on a project where I have a local database (SQL CE) which is used as sort of a buffer while no connection to the server exists. On the server I want to use the same database-layout. Of course I want to use the same EDMX-File which is in a Common.dll available on the Server and the Client. In the Client I have a connection string with provider=System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5 while it is provider=System.Data.SqlClient on the server. My problem comes when I want to save sth on the Server-side: "The provider manifest given is not of type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlProviderManifest'." Is

I've written a VB.NET application that uses SQL CE 3.5. I'm curious if anyone has any best practice or code to help check if A) SQL CE is installed and B) If so, what version. I searched msdn and google for anything but I didn't find anything helpful. I was poking around the registry and found this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5 with a string value "Version" and the data was 3.5.5692.0. So off the bat my assumption is to check for the presence of this key but it bothers me because the "3.5" key sure sounds like it's tied to the 3.5 DLL.

I have created program that uses SQL Server database to store data. After a while (and lots of stored data) I have realized I don't need database on the server, local database running without server could do the job. Now I need some advice how to export, convert or whatever, SQL Server database to local (sdf) database? I'm using VS 2010 and SQL Server 2008, I also have SQL Server Management Studio. Check out the SQL Server to SQL Server Compact Edition Copy Tool available on CodeProject in C# source code: Should do just what you need: copy data from SQL Server to a SQL Server Compact Edition

I have an ODBC connection to a database of which I need one table of data. The table has about 20 rows, and a couple thousand lines of data. I intend to insert this table into my local SQL Server CE database, where I can put it to further use. Both connections have been tested and work. My attempt was at just inserting one column to keep things simple (I'm new to C#, programming, and stackoverflow). OdbcConnection c = new OdbcConnection(ConnectionString1); SqlCeConnection d = new SqlCeConnection(ConnectionString2); c.Open(); d.Open(); string sqlC = "SELECT * FROM ODBCTABLE WHERE ODBCCOLUMN=

I am investigating moving a small and simple SQL Server database to SQL Server CE and am currently using a small prototype to investigate basic operations with SQL Server CE with the following operations in mind: (1) programmatically create a table, (2) insert new records, (3) read existing records, and (4) update existing records. The prototype is having a problem with updating existing records when using the Accessor and the bound members of the Accessor struct. The select statement works correctly returning the row along with the data. I can update the Accessor bound members however when I