Help??!! Error when working in Ch. 13

convert21 · October 9th, 2009, 03:13 AM

Hi, I'm in Ch. 13 also. I am on the exercise where you create a page called NewPhotoAlbum.aspx. I have set-up and double checked my linq dbml diagram.

I believe I have done the exercise correctly, but I get this error:

Compiler Error Message: CS1061: 'PhotoAlbum' does not contain a definition for 'Id' and no extension method 'Id' accepting a first argument of type 'PhotoAlbum' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Source Error:

Line 23: // Label1.Text = long_text;
Line 24: PhotoAlbum myPhotoAlbum = (PhotoAlbum)e.Result;
Line 25: Response.Redirect(string.Format("ManagePhotoAlbum. aspx?PhotoAlbumId={0}", myPhotoAlbum.Id.ToString()));
Line 26: }
Line 27: }

This is when I first load the page. If I comment out line 25, the page loads fine and throws an error when I submit it:

Unable to cast object of type 'PhotoAlbum' to type 'PhotoAlbum'.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'PhotoAlbum' to type 'PhotoAlbum'.

Source Error:

Line 22: // string long_text = e.Result.ToString();
Line 23: // Label1.Text = long_text;
Line 24: PhotoAlbum myPhotoAlbum = (PhotoAlbum)e.Result;
Line 25: // Response.Redirect(string.Format("ManagePhotoAlbum. aspx?PhotoAlbumId={0}", myPhotoAlbum.Id.ToString()));

Imar · October 9th, 2009, 03:23 AM

Hi there,

A few things to check:

1. Did you add the PhotoAlbum class to the LINQ to SQL diagram?

2. Does your table have an Id column (and did you add it to that table before you added it to the LINQ to SQL diagram?)

3. Do you have a page or another type called PhotoAlbum? It looks like you have a type conflict where another type is called PhotoAlbum as well so the compiler can't find your PhotoAlbum from the LINQ to SQL layer.

Cheers,

Imar

convert21 · October 9th, 2009, 03:30 AM

I don't know what time it is where you are, but it's 3:30 am, and I'm only awake because of my goals re. your book. And here you have just provided almost INSTANT help! Yes, I had a page named PhotoAlbum. That didn't occur to me, and now I've learned something else.

Now I wonder if I'll finish the chapter or go to sleep...

thanks a lot!

Imar · October 9th, 2009, 03:39 AM

It's 9:38 in the morning so I am still fresh..... ;-)

Have fun with the rest of the chapter....

Imar