DataReader.GetFieldType returned null

[dotmorten]

DataReader.GetFieldType returned null

[dotMorten]

I believe this is just a known limitation of using custom CLR types that are essentially different from the ones SqlServer uses (while they are the same in functionality and namespace, they are different because the assemblies each of them are defined in aren't signed with the same key, and there's not really any way I can "fake" that).

[dotMorten]

Actually try adding this to your application startup:

Microsoft.SqlServer.Types/src/Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.Tests/AssemblyLoader.cs

Lines 21 to 33 in cb48637

	private static void Init()
	{
	AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve;
	}
	private static System.Reflection.Assembly? CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
	{
	if (args.Name == "Microsoft.SqlServer.Types, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" ||
	args.Name == "Microsoft.SqlServer.Types, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" ||
	args.Name == "Microsoft.SqlServer.Types, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91")
	return typeof(SqlGeography).Assembly;
	return null;
	}

[vishnu4]

Unfortunately that didn't work for me, i even tried SqlGeometry (since that is what i'm generally using) and still no good.

Does it matter where in startup.cs it's run? I had it running in Configure near the beginning, but not sure if other options were better.

Thanks!

[dotMorten]

I’ve actually been unable to reproduce this. Even the unit tests “just works” with that API call.
Any chance you could share a self-contained application that reproduces this?

[dotMorten]

Another thing you could try that might just do the trick is to explicitly load the assembly up-front before querying anything.

[dejanberic]

I am having the same issue. Tried adding assembly resolve to app.config, also tried with AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += CurrentDomain_AssemblyResolve; and still I get that error.

I am running net472 console app which references .netstandard2.0 project which contains the code for querying data.

[dotMorten]

I am running net472 console app

Do not use this library if you use .NET Framework, but instead use the official Microsoft SDK. This library here is to fill the gap for .NET Core and Xamarin developers.

[dejanberic]

I am having an issue where I have a lot of apps (WebApps, Console, Azure Cloud Services, Azure Functions) which needed to be converted to .NET 6.
Now, all of them reference my DB class library, and I wanted to migrate to .NET 6 in small steps, one app at a time, where my DB class library and all other class libraries would target .netstandard2.0 except those main apps (web, console etc.).

How can I migrate in steps while using the official Microsoft SDK and targeting .netstandard2.0?

[dotMorten]

I’d recommend multi targeting your class library instead

[dejanberic]

Thanks, it works when I multitargeted to net472 and net6.0.