I am trying to connect to an oracle database in my controller:
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Types;
// Other code
OracleConnection con;
con = new OracleConnection();
con.ConnectionString = "DATA SOURCE=<DSOURCE_NAME>;PERSIST SECURITY INFO=True;USER ID=******;PASSWORD=*******";
con.Open();
The connection test is successful and I can navigate through tables, functions, etc. in Visual Studio's Server Explorer, but when I try to execute the above code I consistently get[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] on the con.Open(); line.
This is my first time using ODP for .NET and I am generally new to C# as well. Any ideas on what could be the problem?
Stack Trace:
Source Error:
Line 27:
Line 28:
Line 29: con.Open();
Line 30:
Source File: c:\Program Files\Project\source\Project\Project\Areas\Custom\Controllers\HomeController.cs Line: 29
Stack Trace:
[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleConnection.Open() +12156
Project.Areas.Custom.Controllers.HomeController.Id() in c:\Program Files\Project\source\Project\Project\Areas\Custom\Controllers\HomeController.cs:29
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Add a try catch block around the open() call and resolve the ORA error that shows up in the OracleException.