[c#] SqlBulkCopy - The given value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type money of the specified target column

I'm getting this exception when trying to do an SqlBulkCopy from a DataTable.

Error Message: The given value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type money of the specified target column.
Target Site: System.Object ConvertValue(System.Object, System.Data.SqlClient._SqlMetaData, Boolean, Boolean ByRef, Boolean ByRef)

I understand what the error is saying, but how I can I get more information, such as the row/field this is happening on? The datatable is populated by a 3rd party and can contain up to 200 columns and up to 10k rows. The columns that are returned depend on the request sent to the 3rd party. All of the datatable columns are of string type. The columns in my database are not all varchar, therefore, prior to executing the insert, I format the datatable values using the following code (non important code removed):

//--- create lists to hold the special data type columns
List<DataColumn> IntColumns = new List<DataColumn>();
List<DataColumn> DecimalColumns = new List<DataColumn>();
List<DataColumn> BoolColumns = new List<DataColumn>();
List<DataColumn> DateColumns = new List<DataColumn>();

foreach (DataColumn Column in dtData.Columns)
{
    //--- find the field map that tells the system where to put this piece of data from the 3rd party
    FieldMap ColumnMap = AllFieldMaps.Find(a => a.SourceFieldID.ToLower() == Column.ColumnName.ToLower());

    //--- get the datatype for this field in our system
    Type FieldDataType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(DestinationType.Property(ColumnMap.DestinationFieldName).PropertyType);

    //--- find the field data type and add to respective list
    switch (Type.GetTypeCode(FieldDataType))
    {
        case TypeCode.Int16:
        case TypeCode.Int32:
        case TypeCode.Int64: { IntColumns.Add(Column); break; }
        case TypeCode.Boolean: { BoolColumns.Add(Column); break; }
        case TypeCode.Double:
        case TypeCode.Decimal: { DecimalColumns.Add(Column); break; }
        case TypeCode.DateTime: { DateColumns.Add(Column); break; }
    }

    //--- add the mapping for the column on the BulkCopy object
    BulkCopy.ColumnMappings.Add(new SqlBulkCopyColumnMapping(Column.ColumnName, ColumnMap.DestinationFieldName));
}

//--- loop through all rows and convert the values to data types that match our database's data type for that field
foreach (DataRow dr in dtData.Rows)
{
    //--- convert int values
    foreach (DataColumn IntCol in IntColumns)
        dr[IntCol] = Helpers.CleanNum(dr[IntCol].ToString());

    //--- convert decimal values
    foreach (DataColumn DecCol in DecimalColumns)
        dr[DecCol] = Helpers.CleanDecimal(dr[DecCol].ToString());

    //--- convert bool values
    foreach (DataColumn BoolCol in BoolColumns)
        dr[BoolCol] = Helpers.ConvertStringToBool(dr[BoolCol].ToString());

    //--- convert date values
    foreach (DataColumn DateCol in DateColumns)
        dr[DateCol] = dr[DateCol].ToString().Replace("T", " ");
}

try
{
    //--- do bulk insert
    BulkCopy.WriteToServer(dtData);
    transaction.Commit();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    transaction.Rollback();

    //--- handles error
    //--- this is where I need to find the row & column having an issue
}

This code should format all values for their destination fields. In the case of this error, the decimal, the function that cleans that up will remove any character that is not 0-9 or . (decimal point). This field that is throwing the error would be nullable in the database.

The level 2 exception has this error:

Error Message: Failed to convert parameter value from a String to a Decimal.
Target Site: System.Object CoerceValue(System.Object, System.Data.SqlClient.MetaType, Boolean ByRef, Boolean ByRef, Boolean)

and the level 3 exception has this error:

Error Message: Input string was not in a correct format
Target Site: Void StringToNumber(System.String, System.Globalization.NumberStyles, NumberBuffer ByRef, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo, Boolean)

Does anyone have any ideas to fix? or any ideas to get more info?

Since I don't believe "Please use..." plus some random code that is unrelated to the question is a good answer, but I do believe the spirit was correct, I decided to answer this correctly.

When you are using Sql Bulk Copy, it attempts to align your input data directly with the data on the server. So, it takes the Server Table and performs a SQL statement similar to this:

INSERT INTO [schema].[table] (col1, col2, col3) VALUES

Therefore, if you give it Columns 1, 3, and 2, EVEN THOUGH your names may match (e.g.: col1, col3, col2). It will insert like so:

INSERT INTO [schema].[table] (col1, col2, col3) VALUES
                          ('col1', 'col3', 'col2')

It would be extra work and overhead for the Sql Bulk Insert to have to determine a Column Mapping. So it instead allows you to choose... Either ensure your Code and your SQL Table columns are in the same order, or explicitly state to align by Column Name.

Therefore, if your issue is mis-alignment of the columns, which is probably the majority of the cause of this error, this answer is for you.

TLDR

using System.Data;
//...
myDataTable.Columns.Cast<DataColumn>().ToList().ForEach(x => 
    bulkCopy.ColumnMappings.Add(new SqlBulkCopyColumnMapping(x.ColumnName, x.ColumnName)));

This will take your existing DataTable, which you are attempt to insert into your created BulkCopy object, and it will just explicitly map name to name. Of course if, for some reason, you decided to name your DataTable Columns differently than your SQL Server Columns... that's on you.

Not going to be everyone's fix, but it was for me:

So, i ran across this exact issue. The problem I seemed to have was when my DataTable didnt have an ID column, but the target destination had one with a primary key.

When i adapted my DataTable to have an id, the copy worked perfectly.

In my scenario, the Id column isnt very important to have the primary key so i deleted this column from the target destination table and the SqlBulkCopy is working without issue.

Please use SqlBulkCopyColumnMapping.

Example:

private void SaveFileToDatabase(string filePath)
{
    string strConnection = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MHMRA_TexMedEvsConnectionString"].ConnectionString.ToString();

    String excelConnString = String.Format("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source={0};Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0\"", filePath);
    //Create Connection to Excel work book 
    using (OleDbConnection excelConnection = new OleDbConnection(excelConnString))
    {
        //Create OleDbCommand to fetch data from Excel 
        using (OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand("Select * from [Crosswalk$]", excelConnection))
        {
            excelConnection.Open();
            using (OleDbDataReader dReader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
            {
                using (SqlBulkCopy sqlBulk = new SqlBulkCopy(strConnection))
                {
                    //Give your Destination table name 
                    sqlBulk.DestinationTableName = "PaySrcCrosswalk";

                    // this is a simpler alternative to explicit column mappings, if the column names are the same on both sides and data types match
                    foreach(DataColumn column in dt.Columns) {
                         s.ColumnMappings.Add(new SqlBulkCopyColumnMapping(column.ColumnName, column.ColumnName));
                     }
                   
                    sqlBulk.WriteToServer(dReader);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}  

Check The data you are writing to Server. May be data has delimiter which is not used.

like

045|2272575|0.000|0.000|2013-10-07
045|2272585|0.000|0.000;2013-10-07

your delimiter is '|' but data has a delimiter ';'. So for this you are getting the error.

For the people stumbling across this question and getting a similar error message in regards to an nvarchar instead of money:

The given value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type nvarchar of the specified target column.

This could be caused by a too-short column.

For example, if your column is defined as nvarchar(20) and you have a 40 character string, you may get this error.

Source

There is another issue you have to take care of it when you try mapping column which is string length, for example TK_NO nvarchar(50) you will have to map to the same length as the destination field.

Make sure that the column values u added in entity class having get set properties also in the same order which is present in target table.