Bug in Subsonic 3.0.0.1? The ToString() override and DescriptorValue() cause errors

Question

Hi,

In my web app, Subsonic 3.0.0.1 seems to be generating the code from the templates correctly except for two methods: ToString() and DescriptorValue(). And those methods are fine for all the tables but one -- a table named ContentType. That shouldn't be a problem, correct? The error I receive for each of the aforementioned methods is this:

'SubsonicTest.ContentType' does not contain a definition for 'ContentType' and no extension method 'ContentType' accepting a first argument of type 'SubsonicTest.ContentType' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Here are the generated methods that don't build:

public string DescriptorValue() { return this.ContentType.ToString(); }

public override string ToString() { return this.ContentType.ToString(); }

I do of course have a reference to the 3.0.0.1 assembly in my project.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Richard MCSD.Net, MCTS

Answer 1

It's because you have two columns in your table, and the second column has the same name as your table. This isn't good naming :) and it's confusing the templates.