[Mono-dev] Webservice Method that Returns a DataTable not working.

[davbman]

I pretty much found I just had to not return a dataset but just a string (or
something searializable)



doublejay57 wrote:
> 
> Has this been solved because I also have the same exact problem.
> 
> 
> davbman wrote:
>> 
>> I just started working with Mono-Developer for the first time.
>> I have a .Net app working over in Windows but now trying to port to be
>> able to run under Mono.
>> I am just doing some testing and things were going good.
>> 
>> I then went to test calling a WebService that was written in .Net and
>> hosed on an IIS box.
>> 
>> I first made a C# console app in Visual Studio that called the service. 
>> The method I tested was one that returns back a DataTable.
>> 
>> Works fine in Windows.
>> 
>> Tried over on Ubuntu box that I was testing other console apps I made in
>> Visual Studio with C# sharp so far that had worked, and this new test
>> failed (no errors even with me trying to trap and see em).
>> 
>> I then opened MonoDevelop and brought my code over in a new project.
>> 
>> Added the web reference.
>> 
>> Tried to run and had to do some more things to get it to compile (add
>> reference to System.Data, etc)
>> 
>> Then started to get error that the Method in my web service doesn't
>> exist.
>> 
>> I then noticed that any method that returns a System.Data.DataTable
>> doesn't appear in the Intellisense when coding.
>> 
>> Removed reference and added back (via Add-In built into MonoDevelop) and
>> on the screen it shows you what it finds prior to adding it, I see that
>> the method I want to call is not there.
>> 
>> I changed the call to call one of the methods that is there, and it works
>> for those (returning strings or numbers).
>> 
>> I went back to my webservice code that is made in Visual Studio.  Changed
>> the code to fully qualify what it returns (as before it just said
>> DataTable since I had a using statement earlier).  Now returns a fully
>> qualified System.Data.DataTable.  Went back to MonoDevelop and removed
>> and re-added reference...still doesn't work.
>> 
>> So my question is, is there a limitation to returning a DataTable from a
>> WebService?  If not, what am I missing?
>> 
> 
> 

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