1569982 - Error; Invalid Argument provided. Details: crdb_adoplus : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Symptom

Passing an ADO .NET Dataset to a Crystal Report
Dataset contains a field with parenthesis; PA-PHONE-NO(1)
Full error message is:

Invalid Argument provided. Details: crdb_adoplus : Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Failed to open a rowset.
Error in File C:\Windows\TEMP\Account History {401A8758-8F34-487B-BF62-12F894F4F1A1}.rpt: Invalid argument for database.

Environment

VS .NET 2008
CR 2008

Cause

According to the XML standards, parenthesis () are not supported
Saving the dataset to an XML file results in the filed being written as; <PA-PHONE-NO_x0028_1_x0029_>
The parenthesis are converted into ASCII values causing the error

Resolution

Do not use parenthesis

Keywords

Perenthesis paren bracket brace , KBA , BI-DEV-NET-SDK , .NET SDK / COM SDK , How To

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1