SQL 2012 - Compatible??

smcleodsmcleod Posts: 5
edited June 15, 2013 10:17AM in SQL Packager Previous Versions
I am trying to package a database running in SQL Server 2012, and I get the error "ExecuteReader: CommandText property has not been initialized"... what could the problem be, or is SQL Packager not compatible with SQL Server 2012?? Thanks in advance!
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  • colinbocolinbo Posts: 18
    I hit the same issue packaging any database residing on a SQL 2012 instance. I turned on verbose logging but it doesn't give much in the way of hints:
    16:20:19.495|Info   |Logging             |1  |Current Logging levels enabled: Verbose,Warning,Fatal,Debug,Information,Trace,Error
16:20:28.292|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Register live database start: FOO
16:20:28.292|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate Live Start, popoptions: #rJg, #wJg
16:20:28.292|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate Live Start, options: DoNotOutputCommentHeader, IgnoreUsers, Default
16:20:28.308|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate major version: SqlServer2008
16:20:28.308|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate got casing: False
16:20:28.308|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate Case Sensitive: False
16:20:28.323|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate FulltextCatalogs start.
16:20:28.323|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate Fulltext Stoplists start.
16:20:28.323|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate Fulltext Stopwords start.
16:20:28.323|Info   |SQL Compare Engine  |6  |Populate ObjectNames start.
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  • carltierneycarltierney Posts: 3
    http://imgur.com/UzECV

    Here is what I see from trying to use the packager with 2012.
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  • Brian DonahueBrian Donahue Posts: 6,590 Bronze 1
    Can you please try this patch to SQL Packager? This gets it working in SQL 2012 for me. Thanks!

    ftp://support.red-gate.com/patches/sql_ ... .0.347.zip
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  • colbybhearncolbybhearn Posts: 6
    Brian Donahue wrote:
    Can you please try this patch to SQL Packager? This gets it working in SQL 2012 for me. Thanks!

    ftp://support.red-gate.com/patches/sql_ ... .0.347.zip

    I just upgraded to SQL 2012 and was getting the same message. "ExecuteReader: CommandText property has not been initialized"
    Thanks Brian, that small patch immediately fixed it.
    -Colby
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  • rbelbinrbelbin Posts: 1
    Brian Donahue wrote:
    Can you please try this patch to SQL Packager? This gets it working in SQL 2012 for me. Thanks!

    ftp://support.red-gate.com/patches/sql_ ... .0.347.zip

    I tried this package, and after it installed it basically removed the trial period from all of the SQL developer Toolbelt products. Any work around to that?
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  • colbybhearncolbybhearn Posts: 6
    I hate to pile on another issue, but I think that patch (6.6.0.347) which fixed packaging through the GUI may have broken something else - Packager's command line interface (CLI) functionality seems to have changed. To make sure it was the patch, I re-installed Packager 6.4 and ran my CLI automation to verify it worked again. I then re-patched to 6.6 and changed nothing about the CLI or automation. I ran the CLI automation again and verified it no longer worked.

    I have not yet compared product documentation to see if there is some switch that changed or got deprecated.

    Here is the command line input/output: (carefully redacted) 
    C:\Users\MyUsername>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Red Gate\SQL Packager 6\sqlpackager.exe" /verbose /server1:BuildServer /database1:"Ref_Database" /includedata:Table /rundatabase:"Db_Install_Name" /exe /name:"Db_Installer_Filename" /location:"C:\Program Files (x86)\RedGateOutpus\Installers" > C:\Users\MyUsername\Desktop\sql5.txt
Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

    Here is the content of the sql5.txt file: 
    SQL Packager Command Line V6.6.0.347
==============================================================================
Copyright c Red Gate Software Ltd 1999-2008

SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreFillFactor (OK).
SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreWhiteSpace (OK).
SQL Compare running with option: IncludeDependencies (OK).
SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreFileGroups (OK).
SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreUserProperties (OK).
SQL Compare running with option: IgnoreWithElementOrder (OK).
SQL Compare running with option: DecryptPost2kEncryptedObjects (OK).
Comparing database BuildServer.Ref_Database with database ....
Registering data sources
Creating mappings
Comparing
Applying Command Line Items
Retrieving migration scripts
Creating SQL

Summary Information
===============================================================================
DB1 = BuildServer.Ref_Database
DB2 = 

Object type             Name                                           DB1 DB2 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
				...Proper Object Enumeration Here...   
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Details - comparing BuildServer.Ref_Database with
===============================================================================
				...Proper Object Content Here...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Used mapping option 'IgnoreSpaces'
Used mapping option 'IncludeTimestamps'
Used mapping option 'IncludeIdentities'
Used Sql Option 'DisableKeys'
Used Sql Option 'DontOutputComments'
SQL Data Compare running with Mapping Option: IgnoreSpaces (OK).
SQL Data Compare running with Mapping Option: IncludeTimestamps (OK).
SQL Data Compare running with Mapping Option: IncludeIdentities (OK).
SQL Data Compare running with SQL Option: DisableKeys (OK).
SQL Data Compare running with SQL Option: DontOutputComments (OK).
SQL Data Compare running with Mapping Option: MissingFrom2AsInclude (OK).
Comparing database BuildServer.Ref_Database with database ....
Registering databases
Mapping

    For clarity, the "BuildServer" is SQL Server 2008.
    I can't find anything in the event log from Packager.
    Is there anything that the patch changed about the CLI?
    Is there anything I can do to find out more about what might be going wrong?
    I'd greatly appreciate some help.
    -Colby
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  • Brian DonahueBrian Donahue Posts: 6,590 Bronze 1
    Hi,

    The patch was designed specifically to solve the problem at the top of this thread. Given all of these problems, I would uninstall the patch. I have notified the product manager that there is this problem and that some effort needs to be put into proper support for SQL Server 2012.
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  • colbybhearncolbybhearn Posts: 6
    Hey Brian,
    I totally understand. Thanks for relaying the concerns.
    -Colby
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  • CalvinCalvin Posts: 1
    Any news on this being completed? I use Packager quite a bit and am getting close to my license renewal.
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  • dw5304dw5304 Posts: 7 New member
    having same issue as listed above with patch 6.6.0.347 any eta on fix?
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  • GGinBerkeleyGGinBerkeley Posts: 6
    I am having the same issue as reported above. I can start SQL Packager (latest version). It can see my server, and the list of databases shows OK. After selecting a database to package, it goes to the next step, but that errors out.

    It aborts when in the Register Database step, Reading Assemblies.

    It says "ExecuteReader: CommandText property has not been initialized."

    And it refuses to do anything else.

    Note: I seem to be having similar issues when using SQL Compare too.

    I have purchased licenses for both of these for myself, but they seem to be having problems running with SQL Server 2012.

    I will try the patch, but it should be noted that your latest and greatest software products seem to be having some "issues" working properly with up-to-date versions of SQL Server.
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  • GGinBerkeleyGGinBerkeley Posts: 6
    OK...that patch fixed my problem.

    But...

    1) I had to spend time searching for this fix, after your software refused to work in an up-to-date environment.

    2) The readme file for that patch is very explicit. It says, "This patch is for the error "must declare scalar variable @pv" when running a package.
    DO NOT install this patch unless you have the problem described."

    But this was NOT the error I saw, so just installing the patch was an exercise in faith and ignoring your explicit warning.

    Again...this was a waste of my time, that should NOT have been necessary.

    I'm glad there is a patch, but why hasn't this been incorporated into the main branch? It's been over a year that you have been aware of the problem.

    For the record, I really like your products, and use them on a near-daily basis (and I promote your products to my professional colleagues).
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