Error importing the result file after a load test run

Been working with the fine folks at the Game Studios labs and they just recently ran to the following error when they finish a load test run:

“There was an error importing the result file after a load test run.”

 

The cause in their case was their Load Test repository had filled up.  In Visual Studio 2013 we started automatically creating and connecting to a local SQL Express interest for load run data.

By default this is located at:

Data Source=aidemo008\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=LoadTest2010;Integrated Security=True

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA\LoadTest2010.mdf

Which is GREAT for getting started as it is one less thing to setup BUT since you weren’t told there was a SQL Database created for you, when it fills up it can come as a bit of a surprise.

Depending upon the version of SQL Express, this can be 4gb or 10 gb.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlexpress/archive/2010/04/21/database-size-limit-increased-to-10gb-in-sql-server-2008-r2-express.aspx

Luckily it is easy to fix by simply running the command: loadtestresultsrepository.sql.

(see Getting Started with Load Testing in Visual Studio 2012 or How to: Create a Load Test Results Repository Using SQL