“Spatial types and functions are not available” error when converting a string to DbGeometry in ASP.NET

Question

When trying to convert a string as below

52.0986413 5.2171528

to a variable of type DbGeometry like this

Geometry          


        

Answer 1

I found the answer when I reinstalled Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.

For ASP.NET applications, add the following line of code to the Application_Start method in Global.asax.cs:

SqlServerTypes.Utilities.LoadNativeAssemblies(Server.MapPath("~/bin"));

For desktop applications, add the following line of code to run before any spatial operations are performed:

 SqlServerTypes.Utilities.LoadNativeAssemblies(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory);

This fixed it for me