Got it! - I had 2 slashes in my connection string which is apparently not needed when using the @ syntax

Hi,

I'm making my first foray into Microsoft's Sync Framework to help with developing an occasionally connected application.

I'm following the walkthrough in the help file (version 2.1 is what I'm using). and have followed the instructions to give me this code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

using Microsoft.Synchronization;
using Microsoft.Synchronization.Data;
using Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServer;

namespace ProvisionClient
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // create a connection to the SyncExpressDB database
            SqlConnection clientConn = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=QOSMIO\\SQL2008EXPRESSR2; Initial Catalog=SyncExpressDB; Integrated Security=True");

            // connect to server database
            SqlConnection serverConn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=QOSMIO\\SQL2012; Initial Catalog=SyncDB; Integrated Security=True");

            // get the description of ProductsScope from the SyncDB server database
            DbSyncScopeDescription scopeDesc = SqlSyncDescriptionBuilder.GetDescriptionForScope("ProductsScope", serverConn);

            // create server provisioning object based on the ProductsScope
            SqlSyncScopeProvisioning clientProvision = new SqlSyncScopeProvisioning(clientConn, scopeDesc);

            // starts the provisioning process
            clientProvision.Apply();


        }
    }
}

I get the following error on this line:

SqlSyncScopeProvisioning clientProvision = new SqlSyncScopeProvisioning(clientConn, scopeDesc);

Any idea what this means?

System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled
HResult=-2146233079
Message=Instance failure.
Source=System.Data
StackTrace:
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Connect(ServerInfo serverInfo, SqlInternalConnectionTds connHandler, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, Boolean encrypt, Boolean trustServerCert, Boolean integratedSecurity, Boolean withFailover)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.AttemptOneLogin(ServerInfo serverInfo, String newPassword, SecureString newSecurePassword, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, TimeoutTimer timeout, Boolean withFailover)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.LoginNoFailover(ServerInfo serverInfo, String newPassword, SecureString newSecurePassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, SqlCredential credential, TimeoutTimer timeout)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.OpenLoginEnlist(TimeoutTimer timeout, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, SqlCredential credential, String newPassword, SecureString newSecurePassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ctor(DbConnectionPoolIdentity identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, SqlCredential credential, Object providerInfo, String newPassword, SecureString newSecurePassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance, SqlConnectionString userConnectionOptions)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, DbConnectionPoolKey poolKey, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionOptions options, DbConnectionPoolKey poolKey, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.UserCreateRequest(DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningObject, UInt32 waitForMultipleObjectsTimeout, Boolean allowCreate, Boolean onlyOneCheckConnection, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal& connection)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningObject, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal& connection)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal& connection)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.TryOpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.TryOpen(TaskCompletionSource`1 retry)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
at Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SyncUtil.TryOpenConnection(IDbConnection connection)
at Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SyncUtil.OpenConnection(IDbConnection connection)
at Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServer.SqlEditionHelper.GetEdition(SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServer.SqlSyncScopeProvisioning.set_Connection(SqlConnection value)
at Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServer.SqlSyncScopeProvisioning..ctor(SqlConnection connection, DbSyncScopeDescription scopeDescription, SqlSyncScopeProvisioningType provisioningType, Boolean expectConnection)
at Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServer.SqlSyncScopeProvisioning..ctor(SqlConnection connection, DbSyncScopeDescription scopeDescription)
at ProvisionClient.Program.Main(String[] args) in c:\users\frank\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\SyncSQLServerAndSQLExpress\ProvisionClient\Program.cs:line 28
at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
InnerException: