I have a SqlCommand
object that I'm using to update a database table but it doesn't interpret my null values correctly.
Here is the SQL:
UPDATE dbo.tbl
SET param1 = @param1,
param2 = @param2,
param3 = @param3,
param4 = @param4,
param5 = @param5,
param6 = @param6,
param7 = @param7,
param8 = @param8,
param9 = @param9,
param10 = @param10
WHERE param11 = @param11
I have tried null coalescing parameters that are nullable like this, but I haven't had any success. Unless otherwise noted, all parameters are strings:
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param1", param1 ?? DBNull.Value);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param2", param2 ?? DBNull.Value);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param3", param3 ?? DBNull.Value);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param4", param4 ?? DBNull.Value);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param5", param5 ?? DBNull.Value);
// param6 is nullable type DateTime?
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param6", param6 ?? DBNull.Value);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param7", param7 ?? DBNull.Value);
// param8 is nullable type DateTime?
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param8", param8 ?? DBNull.Value);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param9", param9 ?? DBNull.Value);
// param10 nullable type float?
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param10", param10 ?? DBNull.Value);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@param11", param11 ?? DBNull.Value);
I get an exception like this:
The parameterized query '(@param1 nvarchar(4000),@param2 nvarchar(4000),@param3 nvarc' expects the parameter '@param4', which was not supplied.
I've also tried looping through each parameter after they've been added to the SqlCommand object to set DbNull.Value if the parameter value is null like this:
foreach (SqlParameter parameter in command.Parameters)
{
if (parameter.Value == null)
{
parameter.Value = DBNull.Value;
}
}
However, this approach is causing the exception:
String or binary data would be truncated.
The statement has been terminated.
What is the best practice for passing null parameters to a SqlCommand
? I don't simply want to pass in default values if they're null since the database schema allows null values.