Windows 10: SQL Server 2017 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is now available

Source: SQL Server 2017 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is now available | SQL Server Blog

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Can't get raw sql to work in MVC6 Net Core

Update on the above:

I managed to solve the raw sql in MVC 6 problem with the help of a code example in a blog.

The following raw sql query works (I added this to my copy of the MvcMovie tutorial code just as an experiment):

var movies = _context.Movie.FromSql<Movie>("SELECT * FROM dbo.Movie").ToList();

Some other sample code didn't work, presumably because changes are being made to EF that are not backwards compatible with earlier versions. In other words, the product seems to be far from stable. I did learn that 'rc' stands for 'release candidate' in
lines like this from project.json file:

"Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer": "1.0.0-rc2-final",

so obviously MVC 6/EF 6 is pre-production software

 

windows 10 repeated update failures

Apparently, my problem with repeated upgrade failures has been resolved by a new windows upgrade successfully installed on 2/28/2017: "Important Update for SQL Server 2016 RTM (KB3210111)."

The original problem was failure ed to install daily from 2/15/2017 to 2/27/2017: "Critical Update for SQL Server 2016 MSVCRT Prerequisites KB3164398". This upgrade has not attempted to install since 2/27 and my PC is now up to date. I assume the 2/28/2017
upgrade was a fix for the problem.

I still have the event viewer failure to run problem. Can you help with that problem? I would appreciate the help.