Could not create type 'Demo.EmployeeService'.

Question

User646364117 posted

I got following error when I View In Browser Code:EmployeeService.asmx.
Parser Error Message: Could not create type 'Demo.EmployeeService'.

Source Error:

Line 1: <%@ WebService Language="C#" CodeBehind="EmployeeService.asmx.cs" Class="Demo.EmployeeService" %>

Web Service Code:EmployeeService.asmx.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
using System.Web.Services;


namespace Demo
{
    [WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
    [WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
    [System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem(false)]
    [System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]
    public class mo : System.Web.Services.WebService
    {
        [WebMethod]
        public void GetAllEmployees()
        {
            List<Employees> listEmployees = new List<Employees>();

            string cs = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DBCS"].ConnectionString;
            using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(cs))
            {
                SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Select * from tblEmployees", con);
                con.Open();
                SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
                while (rdr.Read())
                {
                    Employees employee = new Employees();
                    employee.id = Convert.ToInt32(rdr["Id"]);
                    employee.name = rdr["Name"].ToString();
                    employee.gender = rdr["Gender"].ToString();
                    employee.salary = Convert.ToInt32(rdr["Salary"]);
                    listEmployees.Add(employee);
                }
            }

            JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
            Context.Response.Write(js.Serialize(listEmployees));
        }

        private void InitializeComponent()
        {

        }
    }
}

Employee.cs code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace Demo
{
    public class Employees
    {
        public int id { get; set; }
        public string name { get; set; }
        public string gender { get; set; }
        public int salary { get; set; }
    }
}

Answer 1

User-82109136 posted

Change:

public class mo : System.Web.Services.WebService

To:

public class EmployeeService : System.Web.Services.WebService

Answer 2

User533502567 posted

  public class mo : System.Web.Services.WebService

public class EmployeeService: System.Web.Services.WebService

Answer 3

User646364117 posted

Thank you Todd and Budugu

Although I copied and pasted from tutorial code, which was correct, somehow a type snuck in.

I had other problems establishing db connectivity first and in my attempts to fix, the "mo" from "Demo" ,ust have snuck in there.

Now example works.

Much appreciated