Specifying Binding Properties
The SQL adapter surfaces several binding properties that enable you to control some of its behavioral characteristics. This section provides information about setting the binding properties from Visual Studio and from the BizTalk Server Administration console. From Visual Studio, you must specify the binding properties to generate schema for specific operations. From BizTalk Server, you must specify the binding properties as part of the send or receive port for sending or receiving messages from SQL Server.
For information about the binding properties, including a list of binding properties for the SQL adapter, see Working with BizTalk Adapter for SQL Server Binding Properties.
From Visual Studio, you can specify the binding properties using the Consume Adapter Service Add-in or the Add Adapter Metadata Wizard.
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Right-click your BizTalk project, and then select Add Generated Items.
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In the Add Generated Items dialog box, do the following:
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Click Consume Adapter Service.
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Click Consume Adapter Service.
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To start the Consume Adapter Service dialog box, click Add.
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In the Consume Adapter Service dialog box, from the Select a binding drop-down list, select sqlBinding, and then click Configure.
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In the Configure Adapter dialog box, click the Binding Properties tab, and then specify the different binding properties.
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Click OK.
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Right-click the BizTalk project, point to Add, and then click Add Generated Items.
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In the Add Generated Items dialog box, do the following:
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Click Add Adapter.
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Click Add Adapter Metadata.
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Click Add. The Add Adapter Metadata Wizard opens.
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In the Add Adapter Wizard, select WCF-SQL. Select the computer on which BizTalk Server is installed and the name of the BizTalk database.
Important If you already have a WCF-SQL port configured in BizTalk, select the port from the Port list. -
Click Next.
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In the Consume Adapter Service dialog box, from the Select a binding drop-down list, select sqlBinding, and then click Configure.
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Click the Binding Properties tab, and then specify values for the binding properties, if any, required by the operations you want to target. For more information about binding properties, see Working with BizTalk Adapter for SQL Server Binding Properties.
Note If you selected an existing WCF-SQL send port, you need not specify the binding properties. The binding properties are picked from the send port configuration. However, you may choose to specify the binding properties that are required at design-time, if any. In such case, the new values for binding properties will be used at design-time while generating the metadata. However, at run-time the values specified for binding properties in the send port configuration will be applicable. -
Click OK.
From the BizTalk Server Administration console, you can specify the binding properties as part of the WCF-Custom or WCF-SQL port configuration.
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Start the BizTalk Server Administration console.
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In the console tree, expand BizTalk Group, then expand Applications, and then expand the application under which you want to create a port, and click Send Ports or Receive Ports. In the right pane, you can choose to create a port or select an existing port.
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In the port properties dialog box, from the Type drop-down list, select WCF-Custom, and then click Configure.
Note To see the location properties dialog box for a receive port, click the Receive Location tab on the left pane of the port properties dialog box, and then click New. -
In the WCF-Custom Transport Properties dialog box, click the Binding tab.
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From the Binding Type list, select sqlBinding.
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In the Configuration box, specify the values for the different binding properties, and then click OK.
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Start the BizTalk Server Administration console.
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Add the WCF-SQL adapter to the BizTalk Server Administration console. For instructions, see Adding the SQL Adapter to BizTalk Server Administration Console.
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In the console tree, expand BizTalk Group, then expand Applications, and then expand the application under which you want to create a port, and click Send Ports or Receive Ports. In the right pane, you can choose to create a port or select an existing port.
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In the port properties dialog box, from the Type drop-down list, select the WCF-SQL adapter you added earlier, and then click Configure.
Note To see the location properties dialog box for a receive port, click the Receive Location tab on the left pane of the port properties dialog box, and then click New. -
In the transport properties dialog box, click the Binding tab and specify values for binding properties.
Note The binding properties are displayed based on whether you are configuring a send port or a receive port. For example, binding properties related to notifications are not available while configuring a send port because notifications are inbound operations and require a receive port configuration. -
Click OK.
