How to pass "NULL" value into nullable field during call from JavaScript to ASP.NET WebService

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How to pass "NULL" value into nullable field during call from JavaScript to ASP.NET WebService?

I call method in the following way from JavaScript:

ws_data.SaveTasks(eval({"MyValue":"null"}), OnSaveComplete, OnError, OnTimeOut);

When I do, I receive an error (framework calls OnError):

null is not a valid value for Int32

If instead of "null" I pass valid integer - everything works fine.

Please advise: What I do wrong? How to pass 'null' value which will be 'translated' into a NULL .NET object?

Any ideas are welcome!

P.S. Here are some details.

Declaration of essential part of MyData:

public class MyData
{
    ...
    public int? MyValue { get; set; }
}

Declaration of ASP.NET web service:

[WebService(Namespace = "...")]
[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
[System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]
public class ws_data : WebService
{
    [WebMethod(true)]
    public object SaveData(MyData data)
    {...}
}

And ws_data is declared via ScriptManager:

    <asp:ScriptManager runat="server">
        <Services>
            <asp:ServiceReference Path="/ws_data.asmx" />
        </Services>
    </asp:ScriptManager>

I didn't try to not pass anything... looks like that is an idea. But i prefer explicit declaration. Thank you for suggestions. — Budda
– Budda, Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 4:44

Matthew · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-01 03:14:00Z

1

This is because you're passing the string null instead of the non-value null. Remove the quotes to make it an actual null.

{"MyValue": null}

I'm not sure about your eval either, I think it can be omitted as eval is supposed to take a string an interpret it as JavaScript.

ws_data.SaveTasks({"MyValue": null}, OnSaveComplete, OnError, OnTimeOut);

answered Apr 1, 2014 at 3:14

Matthew

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