Error when creating a table based function

I'm trying to create a table based function using SMO. The problem is that I get an error saying that I need to set the DataType property on the function before it can be created. However, the documentation clearly says that the DataType property is null for Table based functions. I can't even set this value to null either!

Here's a code snippet that shows what I'm trying to do.

if (returnType.ToLower() != "table")

{

Type clrDataType = Type.GetType(returnType);

returnSqlDataType = GetSqlDataType(clrDataType);

function.FunctionType = Smo.UserDefinedFunctionType.Scalar;

function.DataType = returnSqlDataType;

}

else

{

function.FunctionType = Smo.UserDefinedFunctionType.Table;

function.TableVariableName = xmlNode.Attributes["tableVariableName"].Value;

XmlNode returnTableDescription = GetChildOfParent(xmlNode, "ReturnTableDescription");

XmlNode columnsNode = GetChildOfParent(returnTableDescription, "Columns");

foreach (XmlNode columnNode in columnsNode.ChildNodes)

{

function.Columns.Add(CreateUdfColumn(function, columnNode));

}

}

The xmlNode that is being referenced is an XmlNode that is describing how to create the table. returnType is a variable that is set from one of the xmlNode's attributes.

When I call on function.Create() then I get the error that I posted above. Any help anyone can give is appreciated. One thing I also tried doing was to connect to an already existing Table based function and look at its SMO properties. Sure enough, its DataType property was null.

MSFT: Is this a bug?

Never mind on this post.....it was my mistake. The DataType property not being set wasn't on the function itself, but rather on the columns collection.

Problem solved.