RE: Web Service not working on web server

From: Ken Tucker [MVP] ([MVP)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:59:02 -0700

Hi,

      Are you sure the invoke method is working on the web server? I am
assuming that functioinname is quering a database. Maybe the query is
failing because of a security issue?

Ken
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"Robert Bull" wrote:

> I have an asp.net app that consumes a web service that is working fine
> on my local machine. I have put the service and the app on our web
> server. If I make a call to a function in the service that returns a
> boolean variable, the communication works fine, but if I try to return
> a dataset I get the following error:
>
> 'Server was unable to process request. --> Object reference not set to
> an instance of an object.'
>
> It looks like the code is choking in the following function:
>
> Public Function GetPersonForACRChange(ByVal lEmployee As Long) As
> System.Data.DataSet
> Dim results() As Object = Me.Invoke("FunctionName", New Object()
> {lEmployee})
> Return CType(results(0),System.Data.DataSet)
> End Function
>
> Anybody have any ideas. Thanks in advance.
>
> -Rob
>

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