Open the

VirtuosoDataService

project created in the Creating EDM in Visual Studio 2008 section .

Select the Project -> Add New Item menu option.

Figure8.420.VirtuosoDataService

The

Add New Item

dialog will appear. Choose the

ADO.NET Data Service template

. Give it the name

Virtuoso.svc

, and click

Add

to create the ADO.Net Data Service.

Figure8.421.Add New Item

In the newly created

Virtuoso.svc.cs

Data Service file, add the data source class name of

VirtuosoEntities

(note this is the name set in the Creating EDM in Visual Studio 2008 section) as the

DataService

name. Enable the access to the Data Service by adding the entry

config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("*", EntitySetRights.All);

in the

InitializeService

method.

// C#

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using System.Linq;
using System.Data.Services;

namespace SimpleDataService
{
    public class Northwind: DataService<VirtuosoDemoEntities>
    {
        public static void InitializeService(IDataServiceConfiguration  config)
        {
            config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("*", EntitySetRights.All);
        }
    }
}

Figure8.422.Virtuoso.svc.cs

To test the Data Service, simply hit

Ctrl+F5

within Visual Studio. This will start the development web server, run the Data Services server inside and load a Web browser page displaying the list of available tables/entities for the mysql Northwind database catalog.

Figure8.423.Data Service test

To access a specific entity instance like the Customers table ALFKI record, use this convention: http://host/vdir/Virtuoso.svc/Customers('ALFKI') .

Figure8.424.Customers

Important

- To view

Atom

(the default format returned by an ADO.NET Data Service) in Internet Explorer, you must first ensure that

Feed Reading View

is turned

off

. This can be done on the

Content tab

of

Tools in Internet Options

.

If a Data Services entity instance URI page fails to load you can turn

Verbose

errors on by adding

config.UseVerboseErrors = true;

in the

virtuoso.svc.cs InitializeService

method to obtain more detailed information from the server as to why the page failed to load:

public static void InitializeService(IDataServiceConfiguration config)

{

config.UseVerboseErrors = true;

config.SetEntitySetAccessRule("*", EntitySetRights.All);

}

Launch the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE.

Figure8.425.Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE

Create a Web Application project by going to the File menu in Visual Studio and choosing New Project .

Figure8.426.Web Application

When the New Project window appears, choose either

Visual Basic or Visual C# as your programming language.

Within the language category, click on Windows and select Windows Form Application from the right-hand panel.

Choose a name for the project, for example VirtWindowsFormApplication , and click OK .

Figure8.427.Web Application

In the Toolbox , expand Data Controls , and drag the DataGridView control onto the form.

Figure8.428.Toolbox

Click on the little arrow in the top right of the DataGridView control. This loads the DataGridView Task menu.

Figure8.429.DataGridView Task

Click on the Choose Data Source list box.

Figure8.430.Choose Data Source

Click on the Add Project Data Source link to connect to a data source.

Figure8.431.Add Project Data Source

In the Data Source Configuration Wizard dialog Choose Data Source Type page select the Database data source type and click Next .

Figure8.432.Data Source Type

In the Data Source Configuration Wizard dialog Choose your Data Connection page, select the New Connection button

Figure8.433.Data Source Configuration Wizard

In the Choose Data Source dialog, select the OpenLink Virtuoso Data Source from the list and click Continue .

Figure8.434.Data Source

In the Add Connection dialog, specify the hostname, portno, username and password for the target Virtuoso Server and check the Save Password check box.

Figure8.435.Connection Properties

Select the Select Database From List radio button and choose the mysql database from the drop down list.

Figure8.436.Add connection

Press the Test Connection dialog to verify that the database is accessible.

Figure8.437.Test Connection

Click OK to add the connection.

Figure8.438.Test Connection

Leave the default connect string namemysqlConnectionString and click Next .

Figure8.439.mysqlConnectionString

From the list of available tables returned for the mysql database, select the Shippers table to be associated with the DataGridView control.

Figure8.440.mysql database

The columns names of the select table will be displayed in the DataGridView.

Figure8.441.DataGridView

Resize the Form and DataGridView to allow all columns to be visible, if possible.

Figure8.442.Resize the Form and DataGridView

To test the application, simply hit Ctrl+F5 within Visual Studio or select Start Debugging from the Debug menu.

Figure8.443.Start Debugging

The data from the Shippers table will be displayed in the DataGrid .

Figure8.444.DataGrid