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Debugging ADO.NET Data Services

Debugging ADO.NET Data Services can be tricky, not because of the web service part but because of the underlying persistence layer.

You can include the exception details on the error page by including this on the DataService<T> class declaration:

[ServiceBehavior(IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults = true)]
public class MyService: DataService

Next, you must enable verbose errors on the service configuration:

public static void InitializeService(IDataServiceConfiguration config)
{
config.UseVerboseErrors = true;
}

Also, you can override HandleException method:

protected override void HandleException(HandleExceptionArgs args)
{
base.HandleException(args);
}