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    @mayank.srivastava
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    How to serialize DataTable object in .Net

    Hi, While working in a .Net project, I am facing an Exception while serializing DataTable object using JavaScriptSerializer. The Exception I am getting is "A circular reference was detected while serializing an object of type 'System.Reflection.RuntimeModule'".

    The code, I have written is as follows:-

     public string SetData()
  {
     DataTable dt = new DataTable();
     dt.Columns.Add("id");
     dt.Columns.Add("Name");

     dt.Rows.Add("1", "Manish");
     dt.Rows.Add("2", "Ajay");
     dt.Rows.Add("3", "Ravi");
     dt.Rows.Add("4", "Rahul");

     JavaScriptSerializer serial = new JavaScriptSerializer();
     string x = serial.Serialize(dt);

     return x;
  }

    The following image will give the clear idea this Exception:

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    If anyone has any idea why I am getting this Exception of Circular Reference and how can I resolve it ?

    Thanks in advance..!

    Circular reference exception How to serialize DataTable object in .Net
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  • @manvendra.singh
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    over 9 years ago

    Hi Mayank,
    A circular reference is something like following:-
    root>child>parent>child>root...
    Because when serialization is done(in XML or json), the serialized data follows the node(XML) or key value(json) structure. If your object(to be serialized) is not structured properly,that may result to a circular reference.
    Now,the answer of the question in your case is to tell the compiler to avoid it by using following code

    JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myObject, Formatting.Indented, 
                            new JsonSerializerSettings { 
                                   ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore 
                            })

    This code simply tells the compiler to ignore the above described loop of circular reference and move on with the actual job which is the serialization of the provided object.

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