Bug #5621 MySqlParameterCollection.Add(null) exception message error.
Submitted: 16 Sep 2004 22:52 Modified: 28 Sep 2004 9:08
Reporter: Svetoslav Milenov Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connector / NET Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version: OS:
Assigned to: Reggie Burnett CPU Architecture:Any

[16 Sep 2004 22:52] Svetoslav Milenov 
Description:
When adding null parameter to MySqlParameterCollection, it throws:
[System.NullReferenceException]	{"Object reference not set to an instance of an object." }.

This is because it does not check for null value, and tries to check value.ParameterName.

As comparision, when doing so with SqlParameterCollection, the exception thrown is more meaningful:

System.ArgumentException	{"The SqlParameterCollection only accepts non-null SqlParameter type objects.\r\nParameter name: value" }	System.ArgumentException

How to repeat:
Check in code.

Suggested fix:
public MySqlParameter Add(MySqlParameter value)
{
	if (value == null) throw new ArgumentException("The MySqlParameterCollection only accepts non-null MySqlParameter type objects.", "value");
	if ( value.ParameterName == null ) throw new ArgumentException("parameter must be named");

	_parms.Add(value);
	return value;
}

Cheers
[28 Sep 2004 9:08] Reggie Burnett 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our
source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the
next release.

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