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Different exception handling for ObjectContext.CreateDatabase and DbProviderServices.CreateDatabase methods

Scope

Minor

Version Introduced

4.5

Source Analyzer Status

Available

Change Description

Beginning in .NET 4.5, if database creation fails, CreateDatabase methods will attempt to drop the empty database. If that operation succeeds, the original SQLException will be propagated (instead of the InvalidOperationException that was always thrown in .NET 4.0)

• Quirked
• Build-time break

Recommended Action

When catching an InvalidOperationException while executing ObjectContext.CreateDatabase or DbProviderServices.CreateDatabase, SQLExceptions should now also be caught.

Affected APIs

• M:System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext.CreateDatabase
• M:System.Data.Common.DbProviderServices.CreateDatabase(System.Data.Common.DbConnection,System.Nullable{System.Int32},System.Data.Metadata.Edm.StoreItemCollection)

Category

Entity Framework

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