Bug #5509 Parameter.DbDType = DbType.X Null Reference Exception
Submitted: 10 Sep 2004 3:16 Modified: 16 Sep 2004 14:11
Reporter: Lon Palmer Email Updates:
Status: Duplicate Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connector / NET Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:1.0.0.22722 OS:Windows (Windows XP)
Assigned to: Assigned Account CPU Architecture:Any

[10 Sep 2004 3:16] Lon Palmer 
Description:
The following Code produces a Null Reference Exception at the DbType line in the newest version of the software.  This code ran witout error using ByteFx .76:

cmd.CommandText = sqlGetById;
IDbDataParameter idp = cmd.CreateParameter();
idp.ParameterName = "@Id";
idp.DbType = DbType.Int32;  // NULL REFERENCE HERE!!!!
cmd.Parameters.Add( idp );
idp.Value = id;
cmd.Prepare();

cmd is of type IDbCommand and was instanciated like:

public UserIMailGetCmd( IDbConnection con )
		{
			this.con = con;
			cmd = con.CreateCommand();
			cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
		}

The Exception thrown is:

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlParameter.set_DbType(DbType value) at BHMailAgent.Data.UserIMailGetCmd.GetUser(Int32 id) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\bhmailagent\data\userimailgetcmd.cs:line 27 at BHMailAgent.index.PopUserParams(Int32 userId) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\bhmailagent\index.aspx.cs:line 137
at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlParameter.set_DbType(DbType value) at BHMailAgent.Data.UserIMailGetCmd.GetUser(Int32 id) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\bhmailagent\data\userimailgetcmd.cs:line 27 at BHMailAgent.index.PopUserParams(Int32 userId) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\bhmailagent\index.aspx.cs:line 137

How to repeat:
My guess is that any code setting a DbType on an IDbParameter object will throw this err.r

Suggested fix:
Unknown.  I tried to import your code to walk through it but I could not.  I could not user your references.  Also, the test suite will not run because I don't have NUnit????? Where is that?
[16 Sep 2004 13:06] Reggie Burnett 
I know this bug has been fixed but I also believe it was reported earlier.  In any case, it is fixed in beta 2
[16 Sep 2004 13:59] Lon Palmer 
Reggie,

Is this fix available in a nightly build form?  If so where would that be located?

Thanks,

Lon Palmer
[16 Sep 2004 14:11] Reggie Burnett 
Not in a nightly build but it can be pulled from our public source repository by using bitkeeper.