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Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute

HI there,

I am create an project estimation program and am getting the following error: C# Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute.

It is related to using this:
I initally declare the diciontary globally with this:

Dictionary<int, int> rankings = new Dictionary<int, int>();

The Next Method containing this dictionary does the following:

private void getFirstEstimation()
{
    List<int> array = new List<int>();

    string strConnection = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString"];
    MySqlConnection connection = new MySqlConnection(strConnection);
    MySqlCommand command = connection.CreateCommand();
    MySqlDataReader reader;
    command.CommandText = "SELECT idprojects FROM `test`.`projects` WHERE application_layers = " + applicationTiers;
    connection.Open();

    reader = command.ExecuteReader();
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        array.Add(Convert.ToInt32(reader["idprojects"].ToString()));
    }
    foreach (int i in array)
    {
        rankings[i] = 15;
    }
    connection.Close();
}

I call it for a second time here:

private void getSecondEstimation()
{
    Dictionary<int, string> sqltext = new Dictionary<int, string>();
    Dictionary<int, int> valueForSql = new Dictionary<int, int>();
    Dictionary<int, int> weightings = new Dictionary<int, int>();
    sqltext.Add(1, "project_type");
    valueForSql.Add(1, projectType);
    weightings.Add(1, 10);
    sqltext.Add(2, "application_domain");
    valueForSql.Add(2, applicationDomain);
    weightings.Add(2, 8);
    sqltext.Add(3, "organisation_size");
    valueForSql.Add(3, organizationSize);
    weightings.Add(3, 8);
    sqltext.Add(4, "no_of_locations");
    valueForSql.Add(4, noOfLocations);
    weightings.Add(4, 7);
    sqltext.Add(5, "development_process");
    valueForSql.Add(5, developmentProcess);
    weightings.Add(5, 6);
    sqltext.Add(6, "rules_engine");
    valueForSql.Add(6, rulesEngine);
    weightings.Add(6, 5);
    sqltext.Add(7, "middleware");
    valueForSql.Add(7, middleware);
    weightings.Add(7, 4);
    sqltext.Add(8, "location_of_development");
    valueForSql.Add(8, locationOfDevelopment);
    weightings.Add(8, 3);
    sqltext.Add(9, "programming_language");
    valueForSql.Add(9, programmingLanguage);
    weightings.Add(9, 3);
    sqltext.Add(10, "development_environment");
    valueForSql.Add(10, developmentEnvironment);
    weightings.Add(10, 3);
    sqltext.Add(11, "backend");
    valueForSql.Add(11, backend);
    weightings.Add(11, 3);
    sqltext.Add(12, "webserver");
    valueForSql.Add(12, webServer);
    weightings.Add(12, 3);

    List<int> array = new List<int>();

    string strConnection = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString"];
    MySqlConnection connection = new MySqlConnection(strConnection);
    MySqlCommand command = connection.CreateCommand();
    MySqlDataReader reader;

    for (int i = 1; i <= 12; i++)
    {
        command.CommandText = "SELECT idprojects FROM `test`.`projects` WHERE " + sqltext[i] + " = " + valueForSql[i];
        connection.Open();
        //int testInt;
        reader = command.ExecuteReader();
        while (reader.Read())
        {
            array.Add(Convert.ToInt32(reader["idprojects"].ToString()));
        }
        foreach (int a in array)
        {
            if (!rankings.ContainsKey(a))
            {
                rankings[a] = 0;
            }
            rankings[a] = rankings[a] + weightings[i];
        }
        connection.Close();
    }       
}

The problem arises at this area of the code:

private void getThirdEstimation()
{
    ArrayList tempModuleHolder;

    string strConnection = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString"];
    MySqlConnection connection = new MySqlConnection(strConnection);
    MySqlCommand command = connection.CreateCommand();
    MySqlDataReader reader;
    int similarModules;

    foreach (KeyValuePair<int, int> kvp in rankings)
    {
        similarModules = 0;
        tempModuleHolder = new ArrayList();
        command.CommandText = "SELECT id_modules FROM `test`.`modules_in_project` WHERE id_project = " + kvp.Key;
        connection.Open();

        reader = command.ExecuteReader();
        while (reader.Read())
        {
            tempModuleHolder.Add(Convert.ToInt32(reader["id_modules"].ToString()));
        }

        foreach (int i in tempModuleHolder)
        {
            if(modules.Contains(i))
            {
                similarModules++;
            }
        }
        if((double)(similarModules/modules.Count)>0.6)
        {
            //kvp.Value = kvp.Value + 4;
            rankings[kvp.Key] = rankings[kvp.Key] + 4;
        }
        connection.Close();
    }
}

Any help with where the problem lies will be much appreciated

Answer 1

Any collection that you iterate over with foreach may not be modified during iteration.

So while you’re running a foreach over rankings, you cannot modify its elements, add new ones or delete any.