The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found. WCF Web Exception

Question

3.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

Hi I am having an WCF sync Service hosting on IIS7 on my server, I can access the URL in browser, Actually i built the WCF service and later on i added a wcf service website to my solution by adding my wcf service reference. and in the service.svc file i mentioned the particular service. the web.config in the wcf site looks like

XML

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service behaviorConfiguration="ServiceBehavior" name="SimGuru_WCF.SimGuruDBCacheSyncService">
        <endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
          contract="SimGuru_WCF.ISimGuruDBCacheSyncContract">
          <identity>
            <dns value="localhost" />
          </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="ServiceBehavior">
          <!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
          <!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true.  Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

When i am trying to access the service it is giving me the "The remote server returned an error: (404) Not found" but still i can access the service through URL

can some one please help me to sort this issue out

Thanks in advance

Posted 30-Aug-12 4:10am

SREEKAN2

Updated 4-Jun-20 0:11am

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Solution 1

The problem is in your project that consumes the WCF. The server works ok.

Did you add service reference on your "client" project?

Hope it helps.

Posted 30-Aug-12 4:40am

Christian Amado

Comments

SREEKAN2 30-Aug-12 10:46am

My client project is a windows mobile project there is no option to add service reference there are only provision to add web reference and reference
Thanks

Christian Amado 30-Aug-12 10:48am

Add web reference :) Your wcf must be published first.

SREEKAN2 30-Aug-12 11:10am

Yes i already done that one the error is coming in the reference.cs file

SREEKAN2 30-Aug-12 12:04pm

Now I am getting {"The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error."} error

SREEKAN2 30-Aug-12 12:04pm

Is there any thing to do with end points?

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

SREEKAN2 · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-30T06:51:00

I got it, using trace i was able to sort my problem

XML

<diagnostics>
                         <messagelogging maxmessagestolog="30000">
                                 logEntireMessage="true" 
                                 logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true" 
                                 logMalformedMessages="true" 
                                 logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true">
                         </messagelogging>
                 </diagnostics>
  
<system.diagnostics>
                 <sources>
                         <source name="System.ServiceModel">
                                 switchValue="Verbose, ActivityTracing" 
                                 propagateActivity="true" >
                                 <listeners>
                                         <add name="xml" />
                                 </listeners>
                         </source>
                         <source name="System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging">
                                 switchValue="Verbose">
                                 <listeners>
                                         <add name="xml" />
                                 </listeners>
                         </source>
                 </sources>
                 <sharedlisteners>
                         <add name="xml">
                              type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener" 
                              initializeData="e2eTraceTest.e2e" />
                 </add></sharedlisteners>
                 <trace autoflush="true" />
         </system.diagnostics>

The Trace viewer explained me where i am doing wrong one thing is that security issues with the sql server, and more over i don't even have a connection string property in my web. config file i have one on wcf service but not on wcf web site Any how it is solved

thanks all for your co-operation