Latest Azure Storage SDK 4.2.1 fails under dev emulator when called at CloudTableClient.CreateIfNotExists()

Question

I am using Azure SDK 2.2 and Azure Storage SDK 4.2.1 and storage config. 2.0 in my cloud solution.  I am trying to initialize the storage as follows.
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(connectionKey);
                // Create the table client.
                CloudTableClient tableClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudTableClient();
                // Create the table if it doesn't exist.
                table = tableClient.GetTableReference(tableName);
                table.CreateIfNotExists();
Table.CreateIfNotExists() throws an exception in my dev emulator. I have been seeing this issue for quite sometime. It looks like MSFT has not fixed this issue at all. The same code works fine when I connect to the real Azure storage in the cloud. It just
does not work under emulator. How can I debug anything. If I use Storage SDK 2.1, it works fine in dev emulator. After 3.0, nothing seems to work. Am I only one or anybody else have the same issue. Is there any workaround for this version or should I stick
to the old version. Any help is appreciated.
here is the detail exception.
ex {"The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."}
System.Exception {Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.StorageException}
+ [Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.StorageException]
{"The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."}
Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.StorageException
_className
null string
+ _data
{System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}
System.Collections.IDictionary {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}
_dynamicMethods
null object
_exceptionMethod
null System.Reflection.MethodBase
_exceptionMethodString
null string
_helpURL
null string
_HResult
-2146233088 int
+ _innerException
{"The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."}
System.Exception {System.Net.WebException}
+ _ipForWatsonBuckets
8791483017288 System.UIntPtr
_message
"The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."
string
_remoteStackIndex
0 int
_remoteStackTraceString
null string
+ _safeSerializationManager
{System.Runtime.Serialization.SafeSerializationManager}
System.Runtime.Serialization.SafeSerializationManager
_source
null string
+ _stackTrace
{sbyte[192]} object {sbyte[]}
_stackTraceString
null string
_watsonBuckets
null object
_xcode
-532462766 int
+ _xptrs
0 System.IntPtr
+ Data
{System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}
System.Collections.IDictionary {System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal}
HelpLink
null string
HResult
-2146233088 int
+ InnerException
{"The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."}
System.Exception {System.Net.WebException}
+ IPForWatsonBuckets
8791483017288 System.UIntPtr
IsTransient
false bool
Message
"The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."
string
RemoteStackTrace
null string
Source
"Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage" string
StackTrace
"   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Core.Executor.Executor.ExecuteSync[T](RESTCommand`1 cmd, IRetryPolicy policy, OperationContext operationContext)\r\n   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.TableOperation.Execute(CloudTableClient client,
CloudTable table, TableRequestOptions requestOptions, OperationContext operationContext)\r\n   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.CloudTable.Exists(Boolean primaryOnly, TableRequestOptions requestOptions, OperationContext operationContext)\r\n  
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Table.CloudTable.CreateIfNotExists(TableRequestOptions requestOptions, OperationContext operationContext)\r\n   at PSI.Applications.RemoteManagement.TraceLogManagement.AzureTableStore.InitializeStorageTable(String tableName,
String connectionKey) in c:\\AzureTraceCloudService\\AzureTableStoreLib\\AzureTableStore.cs:line 27"
string
+ TargetSite
{T ExecuteSync[T](Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Core.Executor.RESTCommand`1[T], Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.RetryPolicies.IRetryPolicy, Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.OperationContext)}
System.Reflection.MethodBase {System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo}
WatsonBuckets
null object
+ Static members
Thanks,
Ravi

Answer 1

Hi Ravi,
This issue maybe caused by storage client library is still not compatible with storage emulator and that's why your code is failing. I would recommend downgrading your storage client library to the previous version and your code should work just fine,
the best option I think is to upgrade the SDK to the latest version, refer to
http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/08/04/announcing-release-of-visual-studio-2013-update-3-and-azure-sdk-2-4/ for more details.
Best Regards,
Jambor
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