Previously publishing my web api app was working perfectly. Today i converted my app from being "any cpu" to x86. Now when i'm publishing its adding a connection string to the web config which is causing my app to fail. At first i though i maybe accidently adding something to the web.config transform file but nope i haven't. Here is my transform file:
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform"> <!-- In the example below, the "SetAttributes" transform will change the value of "connectionString" to use "ReleaseSQLServer" only when the "Match" locator finds an attribute "name" that has a value of "MyDB". <connectionStrings> <add name="MyDB" connectionString="Data Source=ReleaseSQLServer;Initial Catalog=MyReleaseDB;Integrated Security=True" xdt:Transform="SetAttributes" xdt:Locator="Match(name)"/> </connectionStrings> --> <entityFramework xdt:Transform="Replace"> <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework"> <parameters> <parameter value="Server=MyWebServer;Database=RunLog;Trusted_Connection=True; MultipleActiveResultSets=True" /> </parameters> </defaultConnectionFactory> </entityFramework> <system.web> <compilation xdt:Transform="RemoveAttributes(debug)" /> <!-- In the example below, the "Replace" transform will replace the entire <customErrors> section of your web.config file. Note that because there is only one customErrors section under the <system.web> node, there is no need to use the "xdt:Locator" attribute. <customErrors defaultRedirect="GenericError.htm" mode="RemoteOnly" xdt:Transform="Replace"> <error statusCode="500" redirect="InternalError.htm"/> </customErrors> --> </system.web> </configuration> Here is my web config file:
<!-- For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433 --> <configuration> <configSections> <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 --> <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" /> </configSections> <system.web> <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" /> <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" /> </system.web> <system.webServer> <handlers> <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" /> <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" /> <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" /> <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" /> <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" /> <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" /> </handlers> </system.webServer> <entityFramework> <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework"> <parameters> <parameter value="Data Source=(localdb)\v11.0; Integrated Security=True; MultipleActiveResultSets=True" /> </parameters> </defaultConnectionFactory> </entityFramework> </configuration> Finally after i publish this is what my web config file looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433 --> <configuration> <configSections> <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 --> <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" /> </configSections> <system.web> <compilation targetFramework="4.5" /> <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" /> </system.web> <system.webServer> <handlers> <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" /> <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" /> <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" /> <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" /> <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" /> <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" /> </handlers> </system.webServer> <entityFramework> <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework"> <parameters> <parameter value="Server=MyWebServer;Database=RunLog;Trusted_Connection=True; MultipleActiveResultSets=True" /> </parameters> </defaultConnectionFactory> </entityFramework> <connectionStrings> <add name="RunLog" connectionString="RunLog_ConnectionString" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings> </configuration> If you look above you will see a connection string was added.
After some research i found that you can add a connection string durinig publish. Well i've been publishing with the same profile so i deleted the profile multiple times and created a new one and made sure to uncheck the box to add a connection string: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- This file is used by the publish/package process of your Web project. You can customize the behavior of this process by editing this MSBuild file. In order to learn more about this please visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121. --> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <PropertyGroup> <WebPublishMethod>MSDeploy</WebPublishMethod> <SiteUrlToLaunchAfterPublish /> <MSDeployServiceURL>http://MyWebServer</MSDeployServiceURL> <DeployIisAppPath>My Web Site/Go</DeployIisAppPath> <RemoteSitePhysicalPath /> <SkipExtraFilesOnServer>False</SkipExtraFilesOnServer> <MSDeployPublishMethod>RemoteAgent</MSDeployPublishMethod> <UserName>JohnBob</UserName> <_SavePWD>False</_SavePWD> <PublishDatabaseSettings> <Objects xmlns=""> <ObjectGroup Name="RunLog" Order="1" Enabled="False"> <Destination Path="" /> <Object Type="DbCodeFirst"> <Source Path="DBContext" DbContext="RunLog.DL.RunLogContext, RunLog.DL" Origin="Convention" /> </Object> </ObjectGroup> </Objects> </PublishDatabaseSettings> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <MSDeployParameterValue Include="$(DeployParameterPrefix)RunLog-Web.config Connection String"> <UpdateDestWebConfig>False</UpdateDestWebConfig> </MSDeployParameterValue> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <_ConnectionStringsToInsert Include="RunLog" /> </ItemGroup> </Project> As you can see there is connection stuff in there but i specifically unchecked "use this connection string at runtime (update destination web config). If i delete the connection string that was added my site works perfectly.
Does anyone know whats going on?
Edit:
I thought maybe i was doing doing something wrong but after working through it tonight i'm thinking it my be a bug. I decided to rollback all my code and see if i could reproduce the problem. Previously in the "Package/Publish Web" tab in properties the "Include all database configured in the Package/Publish SQL Tab: is selected. In the "Package/Publish SQL" Tab there is one connection string defined in "database entries" but its blank. If i leave it as is and try to publish everything works perfectly. If i delete the connection string and re-add it things get messed up again. In the dialog you see above if the database section is blank everything works correctly when your creating a profile but if it has remote connection string box then things wont' work correctly