Bug #60611 External component has thrown and exception
Submitted: 24 Mar 2011 1:03 Modified: 5 Apr 2011 20:28
Reporter: Aaron Flaszynski Email Updates:
Status: Duplicate Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.2.33b OS:Windows (Windows 7 )
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: External component has thrown and exception, regression

[24 Mar 2011 1:03] Aaron Flaszynski
Description:
Every time I try to run a query or edit a table I get the error "External component has
thrown and exception". This started happening after an update from 5.2.31a.

This happens on local and remote servers.

Stack trace as follows:

Exception = System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException
Message = External component has thrown an exception.
FullText = System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException (0x80004005): External component has thrown an exception.
   at Db_sql_editor.exec_sql(Db_sql_editor* , basic_string<char\,std::char_traits<char>\,std::allocator<char> >* , shared_ptr<Sql_editor>* , Boolean , Boolean , Boolean )
   at MySQL.GUI.Workbench.Db_sql_editor.exec_sql(String sql, Boolean active_editor, Boolean wrap_with_non_std_delimiter)
   at MySQL.GUI.Workbench.DbSqlEditor.DoExecuteSqlScript(Boolean currentStatementOnly)
   at MySQL.GUI.Workbench.DbSqlEditor.ExecuteCurrentSqlStatement()
   at MySQL.Grt.RunWrappedDelegate0<void\,void\,MySQL::Grt::DelegateSlot0<void\,void>::ManagedDelegate>.native_callback()
   at sigc.pointer_functor0<void>.()(pointer_functor0<void>* )
   at sigc.adaptor_functor<sigc::pointer_functor0<void> >.()(adaptor_functor<sigc::pointer_functor0<void> >* )
   at sigc.internal.slot_call0<sigc::pointer_functor0<void>,void>.call_it(slot_rep* rep)
   at mforms.MenuItem.callback(MenuItem* )
   at MySQL.Forms.MenuItemImpl.menuItemClick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.ProcessCmdKey(Message& m, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripManager.ProcessShortcut(Message& m, Keys shortcut)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripManager.ProcessCmdKey(Message& m, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PreProcessMessage(Message& msg)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PreProcessControlMessageInternal(Control target, Message& msg)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.PreTranslateMessage(MSG& msg)

How to repeat:
Run a query on any table.
[4 Apr 2011 0:27] Sergei S
This is caused by having a slash "/" in connection name.

I used to name my connections like "local/dbname" or "job/servername", remove slashes and the bug is gone.
[5 Apr 2011 20:29] Alfredo Kojima
This is a duplicate of bug #60700