Entity Framework The underlying provider failed on Open

Question

Below is my connection string:

connectionString=\"metadata=res://*/EDMX.Test.csdl|res://*/EDMX.Test.ssdl|res://*/EDMX.Test.msl;provider=System.Data.Sq

Answer 1

I got this problem while continuing execution of a unit test that calls a method that is using parallel processing.I know there are parts of EF that are not thread-safe, so I am wondering if it is a conflict where the connection is being open and closed out of sync with the operations.

My stack trace showed this:

     at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForWorker[TLocal](Int32 fromInclusive, Int32 toExclusive, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWithState, Func`4 bodyWithLocal, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEachWorker[TSource,TLocal](IList`1 list, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWithState, Action`3 bodyWithStateAndIndex, Func`4 bodyWithStateAndLocal, Func`5 bodyWithEverything, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEachWorker[TSource,TLocal](IEnumerable`1 source, ParallelOptions parallelOptions, Action`1 body, Action`2 bodyWithState, Action`3 bodyWithStateAndIndex, Func`4 bodyWithStateAndLocal, Func`5 bodyWithEverything, Func`1 localInit, Action`1 localFinally)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.ForEach[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Action`1 body)

So that's the clue I followed. When I went back to a single-thread foreach instead of Parallel.ForEach the issue went away.

Joey