Greg, I don't have an exact answer for you, but I would try using the command line version of the tool, and see what happens there. It tends to give a little better output. Aside from that, I would carefully go over the xsd, as there is probably just a small problem in it.
Erick > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Gregory Miley > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:24 AM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] DataSet Explosion - > MSDataSetGenerator failed > > I was working in a project that had been going well, until a > user pointed out a small bug. The short of the bug was that > the relation was only set as just that, a relation, and was > not propagating and data changes as it should have been. I > modified the relation to cascade changes to the child table. > This worked fine, then I realized that the data should not be > removed, only the field associated should be nulled, so I > changed it to SetNull, as soon as I accepted those changes in > the designer VS.Net 2005 crashed and told me there was a > problem and it needed to restart and that I should reload the project. > > Much to my dismay, when this happened the entire dataset was > corrupted. > I have tried several different ways of fixing this so far as > to remove the generated files (created by MSDataSetGenerator > tool) to no avail. > Every time I attempt to run the MSDataSetGenerator custom > tool it gives me an error stating: > > "The custom tool 'MSDataSetGenerator' failed. Unable to > convert input xml file content to a DataSet. Could not find > column [value]." > > I have combed my .XSD file and all nodes appear to be present > and correct. I have backups of all of the generated files, > but no backups (yes, rip me a new one for this) of the last > known good version of this project. > > Before I carry on with further details that may not be > needed, I just wanted to run this by the list and see if what > I am presenting has any obvious solutions. > > Thanks for you help in advance. > > Greg > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
