Lesson learned: ECMA2: Do NOT name one of the schema columns 'DN'

Here are my notes on troubleshooting errors with an ECMA 2.0. Turns out, the errors were due to the fact that one of the columns was named 'DN'. As you can imagine, troubleshooting this was maddening...

·        ECMA2 connector to SQL Server

·        One of the column names was 'DN'

·        In GetSchema:

if (string.Equals(key, "dn", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
{
    personType.Attributes.Add(SchemaAttribute.CreateAnchorAttribute(key, AttributeType.String));
}

·        Upon full import (see event log below):

o   missing-anchor-component

o   invalid-attribute-value

o   staging-error

·        GetImportEntries taken from MSFT example:

public GetImportEntriesResults GetImportEntries(GetImportEntriesRunStep importRunStep)
{
    //
    // In our sample below, we create objects using a fixed format.
    //
    GetImportEntriesResults importReturnInfo;
    List<CSEntryChange> csentries = new List<CSEntryChange>();
    // Full Import.
    if (OperationType.Full == m_ImportType)
    {
        // Object 1
        CSEntryChange csentry1 = CSEntryChange.Create();
        csentry1.ObjectModificationType = ObjectModificationType.Add;
        csentry1.ObjectType = "person";
        //csentry1.DN = "CN=Object1,CN=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com";
        csentry1.AttributeChanges.Add(AttributeChange.CreateAttributeAdd("DN", "1"));
        //csentry1.AttributeChanges.Add(AttributeChange.CreateAttributeAdd("USERNAME", "Object1"));
        //csentry1.AttributeChanges.Add(AttributeChange.CreateAttributeAdd("email", "Object1@contoso.com"));
        //csentry1.AttributeChanges.Add(AttributeChange.CreateAttributeAdd("multiAttr", new List<object>() { "value1", "value1", "value3" }));
        csentries.Add(csentry1);
        // Object 2
        CSEntryChange csentry2 = CSEntryChange.Create();
        csentry2.ObjectModificationType = ObjectModificationType.Add;
        csentry2.ObjectType = "person";
        //csentry2.DN = "CN=Object2,CN=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com";
        csentry2.AttributeChanges.Add(AttributeChange.CreateAttributeAdd("DN", "2"));
        //csentry2.AttributeChanges.Add(AttributeChange.CreateAttributeAdd("USERNAME", "Object2"));
        //csentry2.AttributeChanges.Add(AttributeChange.CreateAttributeAdd("email", "Object2@contoso.com"));
        //csentry2.AttributeChanges.Add(AttributeChange.CreateAttributeAdd("multiAttr", new List<object>() { "value4", "value5", "value6" }));
        csentries.Add(csentry2);
    }
    // Create the result
    importReturnInfo = new GetImportEntriesResults();
    importReturnInfo.MoreToImport = false;
    importReturnInfo.CSEntries = csentries;
    // Also, GetImportEntriesResults.CustomData can be used for retaining necessary data
    // for performing a subsequent import.
    // A typical case of this might be the watermark used
    // for delta import.
    //
    return importReturnInfo;
}

·        Event log:

FIMSynchronizationService	The server encountered an unexpected error while performing an operation for a management agent.  "Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.Impl.InternalError: 0x80230301    at Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.Impl.ScriptHost.ThrowExceptionFromHRESULT(Int32 hr)    at Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.Impl.Ecma2ConversionServices.AddAttributeToDImage(CDImage* pdimage, String attributeName, AttributeModificationType attributeModificationType, IList`1 attributeValueChanges, Int32 escapeReferenceDNValues)    at Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.Impl.Ecma2ConversionServices.ConvertToDImage(CSEntryChange csEntryChange, CDImage** ppDImage, Int32 escapeReferenceDNValues)    at Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.Impl.ScriptHost.InvokeExtMA_ImportEntry(UInt32 cBatchSize, UInt16* pcszCustomData, UInt32 cFullObject, _OCTET* rgoctFullObject, UInt32* rgomodt, UInt32* pcpcszChangedAttributes, UInt16*** prgpcszChangedAttributes, Int32 fIsDNStyleNone, UInt16** ppszUpdatedCustomData, _OCTET* rgoctCSImage, Int32* rgextec, UInt16** rgpszErrorName, UInt16** rgpszErrorDetail, Int32* pfMoreToImport)"
FIMSynchronizationService	The server encountered an unexpected error in the synchronization engine:  "BAIL: MMS(8916): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\server\sync\syncstage.cpp(595): 0x80230302 (The image or delta doesn't have an anchor.) Forefront Identity Manager 4.1.3559.0"
FIMSynchronizationService	The server encountered an unexpected error in the synchronization engine:  "BAIL: MMS(6992): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\ma\xml\ma.cpp(5012): 0x80230005 (Management agent encountered an error while processing an object.) BAIL: MMS(6992): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\server\sync\syncstage.cpp(595): 0x80230302 (The image or delta doesn't have an anchor.) Forefront Identity Manager 4.1.3559.0"
FIMSynchronizationService	The server encountered an unexpected error in the synchronization engine:  "BAIL: MMS(13268): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\ma\xml\ma.cpp(5078): 0x80230005 (Management agent encountered an error while processing an object.) BAIL: MMS(13268): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\shared\ldaputils\dnutils.cpp(580): 0x80070057 (The parameter is incorrect.): Error parsing DN 99999: DN terminates in attribute name BAIL: MMS(13268): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\ma\extensible\extensible.cpp(2057): 0x80070057 (The parameter is incorrect.) BAIL: MMS(13268): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\server\sync\syncstage.cpp(595): 0x80230302 (The image or delta doesn't have an anchor.) Forefront Identity Manager 4.1.3559.0"
FIMSynchronizationService	The server encountered an unexpected error in the synchronization engine:  "BAIL: MMS(8916): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\ma\xml\ma.h(734): 0x80230005 (Management agent encountered an error while processing an object.) BAIL: MMS(8916): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\ma\xml\ma.cpp(4358): 0x80230005 (Management agent encountered an error while processing an object.) BAIL: MMS(8916): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\ma\xml\ma.cpp(5240): 0x80230005 (Management agent encountered an error while processing an object.) BAIL: MMS(8916): d:\bt\32669\private\source\miis\server\sync\syncstage.cpp(595): 0x80230302 (The image or delta doesn't have an anchor.) Forefront Identity Manager 4.1.3559.0"