Data Service to Silverlight Test
I'm using this part of my website to experiment with ASP.NET 3.5 Data Services
connected to a Silverlight client. The problem I found with much of
the 'quick start' documentation is they don't tell you what to do when things go
wrong. And something inevitably goes wrong.
So as I put together this simple test, I wrote down all the error
messages I got along the way, what they meant, and how I fixed them.
Though the app is deadly simple, all the plumbing is there for real work.
It reads a database, funnels it through a WCF data service, and
picks up the data from the service to display in Silverlight. With that in
place, I can move forward working primarily within Silverlight, reading and writing
data, and not have to worry any more about all the connections.
Getting it all working, especially on an inexpensive shared host, comes with a
few gotchas, though I do recommend Infosaic, the host I use, they were
exceptionally helpful. Anyway, here's a guide to overcoming problems on the way from a Data Service to
Silverlight.
Link to Service invokes an ASP.NET Data Service, which returns an XML
listing of the tables it can access.
Link to Client invokes the Silverlight client, which displays a listbox
and populates it with the data from the MUser table, retrieved via the Data
Service.
The Test Remote button is a simple test that verifies I have a working
connection to the database.
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