WCF – System.ServiceModel.FaultException

 

WCF – System.ServiceModel.FaultException

 

 

I’m sure you will encounter the following exception when working with WCF.

 

System.ServiceModel.FaultException: The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error. For more information about the error, either turn on IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults (either from ServiceBehaviorAttribute or from the <serviceDebug> configuration behavior) on the server in order to send the exception information back to the client, or turn on tracing as per the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SDK documentation and inspect the server trace logs.

 

In order to get real exception information, you need turn on IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults attribute.

  <system.serviceModel>

    <services>

      <service name="Products.ProductsServiceImpl" behaviorConfiguration="ProductsBehavior">

        <endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="Products.IProductsService" />

      </service>

    </services>

    <behaviors>

      <serviceBehaviors>

        <behavior name="ProductsBehavior">

          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />

          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />

        </behavior>

      </serviceBehaviors>

    </behaviors>

  </system.serviceModel>