HELP!!! .Net app says RETURN_VALUE is null!!

  • We're writing a .Net app that executes the following procedure as a Command object of a SQL Connection:

    CREATE  PROCEDURE [dbo].[Insert_Department]

    (

    @dnum char(3)

    )

    AS

    BEGIN

      SET NOCOUNT ON

      BEGIN TRAN INSERTING

      SELECT * FROM Departments WHERE dept_number = @dnum

      IF @@ROWCOUNT>0 BEGIN

         ROLLBACK TRAN INSERTING

         RETURN 10

      END

      INSERT INTO Departments (dept_number) VALUES(@dnum)

      IF @@ERROR<>0 BEGIN

         ROLLBACK TRAN INSERTING

         RETURN 9

      END

      COMMIT TRAN INSERTING

      RETURN 0

    END

    GO

    Two parameters are defined, the RETURN_VALUE parameter and the input parameter.

    When the program (C#) looks at Parameters(0) (or Parameters("RETURN_VALUE")) it is seeing a NULL. How can that be? The SP is doing the Insert (we checked the table) so shouldn't I be seeing a 0?

    We use exactly the same code (just change the name of the SP in the command text) running the following SP:

    CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[delete_department]

    (

    @dnum char(3)

    )

    AS

    BEGIN

      SET NOCOUNT ON

      BEGIN TRANSACTION DELETING

      INSERT INTO Deleted_Departments (dept_number) values(@dnum)

      IF @@error <> 0 BEGIN

         ROLLBACK TRANSACTION DELETING

         RETURN 1

      END

      DELETE FROM Departments where dept_number = @dnum

      IF @@error<>0 BEGIN

         ROLLBACK TRANSACTION DELETING

         RETURN 2

      END

      COMMIT TRANSACTION DELETING

      RETURN 0

    END

    GO

    And it sees a 0 in the RETURN_VALUE Parameter. I would think the exact same code running two different SP's that are virtually identical would both return a 0 when they work...

    I'm confused...

     

     

  • I think that the select in the first proc is causing the problem. Try removing the select, then in the if statement put an if exists (removed select stmnt)

  • That was exactly it.

    Thanks.

     

  • HTH.

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