How to throw a SqlException when needed for mocking and unit testing?

Question

I am trying to test some exceptions in my project and one of the Exceptions I catch is SQlException.

It seems that you can\'t go new SqlException(

Answer 1

You could use reflection to create SqlException object in the test:

        ConstructorInfo errorsCi = typeof(SqlErrorCollection).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance, null, new Type[]{}, null);
        var errors = errorsCi.Invoke(null);

        ConstructorInfo ci = typeof(SqlException).GetConstructor(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance, null, new Type[] { typeof(string), typeof(SqlErrorCollection) }, null);
        var sqlException = (SqlException)ci.Invoke(new object[] { "Exception message", errors });