Infer SqlDbType Enumeration Member via Reflection

[Brett Kelly]

Hello all,

I'm in a situation where I need to retrieve a member from the
System.Data.Sql DbType enumeration knowing only the type name.

At this point, I'm just trying to get reflection to work... This is
what I've got so far:

using System;
using System.Reflecti on;
using System.Data;

namespace PleaseFreakinWo rk
{
public class TypeTest
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Type MyType = Type.GetType("S ystem.Data.SqlD bType");
Console.WriteLi ne("Type Name:" + MyType.Name);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLi ne(ex.Message);
Console.WriteLi ne(ex.StackTrac e);
}
}
}
}

And when I run this, it blows up on the Console.WriteLi ne call w/
"Object ref not set to an instance of an object". Now, if I change the
type name to System.Reflecti on.Assembly, it works fine. But if I
change it to System.Data.Sql Client.SqlConne ction (for example), that
doesn't work.

I've tried loading the System.Data.dll assembly, but it errors out
saying that the file or one of its dependencies could not be found...

Help!

TIA,

Brett

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Brett Kelly <in*****@gmail. com> wrote:

At this point, I'm just trying to get reflection to work... This is
what I've got so far:
<snip>
And when I run this, it blows up on the Console.WriteLi ne call w/
"Object ref not set to an instance of an object". Now, if I change the
type name to System.Reflecti on.Assembly, it works fine. But if I
change it to System.Data.Sql Client.SqlConne ction (for example), that
doesn't work.

Yup. That's because System.Reflecti on.Assembly is in mscorlib, but
SqlConnection isn't. If you don't provide an assembly name in the type
name, only mscorlib and the currently executing assembly are searched.

To find what to use for a particular type, use typeof(...) in a test
program and write out the AssemblyQualifi edName property. For example,
for SqlConnection it's:

System.Data.Sql Client.SqlConne ction, System.Data, Version=1.0.500 0.0,
Culture=neutral , PublicKeyToken= b77a5c561934e08 9

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[Martin Robins]

I could be off base here; but am I reading correctly that you want to be
able to retrieve the enumeration value based on the name of the member, ie
given the string "VarChar", you want to set a value to SqlDbType.Varch ar?

If this is the case; SqlDbType value =
(SqlDbType)Enum .Parse(typeof(S qlDbType), "VarChar", true); will achieve it.
If not, please ignore me.
"Brett Kelly" <in*****@gmail. com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hello all,

I'm in a situation where I need to retrieve a member from the
System.Data.Sql DbType enumeration knowing only the type name.

At this point, I'm just trying to get reflection to work... This is
what I've got so far:

using System;
using System.Reflecti on;
using System.Data;

namespace PleaseFreakinWo rk
{
public class TypeTest
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Type MyType = Type.GetType("S ystem.Data.SqlD bType");
Console.WriteLi ne("Type Name:" + MyType.Name);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLi ne(ex.Message);
Console.WriteLi ne(ex.StackTrac e);
}
}
}
}

And when I run this, it blows up on the Console.WriteLi ne call w/
"Object ref not set to an instance of an object". Now, if I change the
type name to System.Reflecti on.Assembly, it works fine. But if I
change it to System.Data.Sql Client.SqlConne ction (for example), that
doesn't work.

I've tried loading the System.Data.dll assembly, but it errors out
saying that the file or one of its dependencies could not be found...

Help!

TIA,

Brett

[Brett Kelly]

Sir, that is *precisely* what I was after :)

Thanks!

Martin Robins wrote:

I could be off base here; but am I reading correctly that you want to be
able to retrieve the enumeration value based on the name of the member, ie
given the string "VarChar", you want to set a value to SqlDbType.Varch ar?

If this is the case; SqlDbType value =
(SqlDbType)Enum .Parse(typeof(S qlDbType), "VarChar", true); will achieve it.
If not, please ignore me.
"Brett Kelly" <in*****@gmail. com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hello all,

I'm in a situation where I need to retrieve a member from the
System.Data.Sql DbType enumeration knowing only the type name.

At this point, I'm just trying to get reflection to work... This is
what I've got so far:

using System;
using System.Reflecti on;
using System.Data;

namespace PleaseFreakinWo rk
{
public class TypeTest
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Type MyType = Type.GetType("S ystem.Data.SqlD bType");
Console.WriteLi ne("Type Name:" + MyType.Name);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLi ne(ex.Message);
Console.WriteLi ne(ex.StackTrac e);
}
}
}
}

And when I run this, it blows up on the Console.WriteLi ne call w/
"Object ref not set to an instance of an object". Now, if I change the
type name to System.Reflecti on.Assembly, it works fine. But if I
change it to System.Data.Sql Client.SqlConne ction (for example), that
doesn't work.

I've tried loading the System.Data.dll assembly, but it errors out
saying that the file or one of its dependencies could not be found...

Help!

TIA,

Brett