Keyword Not Supported: Metadata

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WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection(connectionStringName: \"DefaultConnection\", userTableName: \"UserProfile\", userIdColumn: \"UserID\", us         


        

Answer 1

Here's some code I use, to extract the database name & server name from a connection string.

Notice how it checks if it's an Entity Framework connection string, and if so, it extracts the "provider connection string" part of that, which can then be passed into SqlConnectionStringBuilder:

If I didn't do this, I'd get that nasty "Keyword Not Supported: Metadata" error.

if (connectionString.ToLower().StartsWith("metadata="))
{
    System.Data.Entity.Core.EntityClient.EntityConnectionStringBuilder efBuilder = new System.Data.Entity.Core.EntityClient.EntityConnectionStringBuilder(connectionString);
    connectionString = efBuilder.ProviderConnectionString;
}

SqlConnectionStringBuilder builder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder(connectionString);
DatabaseServer = builder.DataSource;             //  eg "MikesServer"
DatabaseName = builder.InitialCatalog;           //  eg "Northwind"