Hi,

I am new to the field of SQL and C#. In my form I have few textboxes whose values are to be inserted into SQL table on Submit button click. I have created Insert.cs App_code class which handles the Database operations. And code behind will insert the textbox values into DB using a method in Insert.cs class. But code behind gives me an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception. I don't know where I am going wrong here. Please do help me in this. Below is the sample code of Insert.cs and Code Behind.

Insert.cs

namespace InsertDataAccess
{
  public class Insert
  {
    public Insert()
    {
      //
      // TODO: Add constructor logic here
      //
    }
    public int insertINTOautoprequal(string code, string time, string first, string last, string email, string phoneno, string timetocall)
    {
      SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["connstring"].ToString());
      conn.Open();
      string query = "Insert INTO LoanOffer.autoprequal(offercode, timeofday, firstname, lastname, emailID, phone, besttimetocall) Values(@offercode, @time, @first, @last, @email, @phoneno, @timetocall);";
      SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(query, conn);
      try
      {
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@offercode", code);
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@time", time);
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@first", first);
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@last", last);
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@email", email);
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@phoneno", phoneno);
        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@timetocall", timetocall);
        return cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
      }
      catch
      {
        throw;
      }
      finally
      {
        conn.Close();
      }
    }
  }
}

contactform_new.aspx.cs

public partial class contactform_new : System.Web.UI.Page
{
  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
 
  }
  protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    Insert ins = new Insert();
    DateTime dtime;
    dtime = DateTime.Now;
    string ocode = offercode.Text;
    string firstname = firstnamepreapp.Text;
    string lastname = lastnamepreapp.Text;
    string email = emailpreapp.Text;
    string phoneno = phonepreapp.Text;
    string timetocall = besttimepreapp.SelectedItem.Value;
    string time = dtime.ToString();
     
    //Insert the data into autoprequal table
    ins.insertINTOautoprequal(ocode, time, firstname, lastname, email, phoneno, timetocall);   ---->Shows the error on this line.
  }
}

Thanks.

What does the stacktrace look like?

What does the stacktrace look like?

Here is the stack trace for the exception:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
InsertDataAccess.Insert.insertINTOautoprequal(String code, String time, String first, String last, String email, String phoneno, String timetocall) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\App_Code\DAL\Insert.cs:23
loans_preapproval_contact_new.btnSubmit_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\loans\contactform_new.aspx.cs:34
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +153
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3690

Is your ConnectionString defined within the web.config file? Also do the line numbers posted here match your line numbers in your file? It seem rather odd that when you are setting a string value it would complain about null.

Is your ConnectionString defined within the web.config file?

Yes, here is my web.config file

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>

  <system.web>
    <customErrors mode="Off" />
	<compilation debug="true" />
  </system.web>

  <system.webServer>
    <defaultDocument>
      <files>
        <add value="index.aspx" />
      </files>
    </defaultDocument>
  </system.webServer>

  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="connstring" connectionString="Data Source=DWH;Initial Catalog=Test;Integrated Security=True"/>
  </connectionStrings>

</configuration>

Do the line numbers posted here match your line numbers in your file? It seem rather odd that when you are setting a string value it would complain about null.

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