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Hi all,
I was trying to connect my model driven app to sql server using a virtual connector, but it seems that the SQL table needs to have a GUID field. My SQL table has a string primary key which cannot be parsed as GUID, so although the virtual table created it fails at runtime. is there any other way I can connect my app to SQL?
Thanks for your help.
@TaraAssadipour
As you've discovered, the virtual connector for SQL requires the table to have a numeric/GUID primary key, or a string primary key that can be parsed as GUID.
An alternative could be to build a canvas app and to embed that into your model driven app. The SQL connector in canvas apps supports string primary key values with non GUID values.
Thanks for your reply @timl. Is it possible to use the canvas app solely as a means to interact with the SQL table and then embed that functionality within my model-driven app? can I create a canvas app specifically for this purpose without any user interface elements? I want the canvas app to act as a bridge between mymodel-driven app and the SQL table (the forms are gonna be built by model driven app). I tried to embed a canvas app inside my model driven app, but still didn't have access to the sql table within canvas app.
Hi @TaraAssadipour
In answer to your questions..>> Is it possible to use the canvas app solely as a means to interact with the SQL table and then embed that functionality within my model-driven app?
Yes, it's possible to use the canvas app solely as a means to interact with the SQL table
>> can I create a canvas app specifically for this purpose without any user interface elements?
If you're looking to build a canvas app to proxy the data between the model driven and the SQL table, unfortunately this isn't possible. The canvas app would need to contain the user interface elements.
Thanks for your answers @timl. I was hoping I could build all interfaces up through a model driven app (and not a canvas app), but as you mentioned, it seems that tables or data structures within the canvas app won't directly appear as tables within the model-driven app.
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