Error message Nullable object must have a value

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I have a null error on my DTO object at runtime:

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I didn't understand because column is nullable:

[DataContract]
public class SearchParametersCompanyDTO
{
    public SearchParametersCompanyDTO();

    [DataMember]
    public CompanyColumnsEnumDTO? Column { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public int PageIndex { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public int PageSize { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public string Term { get; set; }
}

[DataContract]
public enum CompanyColumnsEnumDTO
{
    [EnumMember]
    CompanyName = 0,
    [EnumMember]
    City = 1,
    [EnumMember]
    PostCode = 2,
}

It must be a conversion problem because null is accepted on Column:

        var dto = new SearchParametersCompanyDTO
        {
            PageIndex = pageIndex,
            PageSize = defaultPageSize,
            Term = term,
            Column = null
        };

Any idea?

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Justin Niessner · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-12 14:26:24Z

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You're trying to cast a null value to an enum type (rather than a nullable enum type). I'm guessing you actually want to change your cast to:

Column = (CompanyColumnsEnumDTO?) column

answered Apr 12, 2012 at 14:26

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JaredPar · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-12 14:26:52Z

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The problem here is you're casting the value column into a non-nullable value CompanyColumnsEnumDTO. Based on the exception it looks like column is null here and casting to a non-null appropriately throws an exception. Did you mean to cast to CompanyColumnsEnumDTO? instead?

answered Apr 12, 2012 at 14:26

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KingCronus · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-12 14:26:45Z

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You need to cast to (CompanyColumnsEnumDTO?) instead of (CompanyColumnsEnumDTO)

answered Apr 12, 2012 at 14:26

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