Combobox refresh gives Value '' couldn't be converted validation error - c#

i'm new to WPF. I have an application with multiple tabs. In one tab I can insert data into a table in the database. In another tab I have a combobox with itemsource of the table mentioned earlier. I want to update the combobox items when user want to chose from the combobox./
I tried with the GotFocus property in the following way:
private void ComboBoxOperatingPoints_GotFocus_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
this.ThisViewModel.UpdateModel();
}
Updatemodel function contains the following:
this.OperatingPoints = new ObservableCollection<Operating_Point>(new OperatingPointRepository().GetAll());
this.NotifyPropertyChanged("OperatingPoints");
The combobox bindind in the XAML :
<ComboBox SelectionChanged="ComboBoxOperatingPoints_SelectionChanged"
x:Name="ComboBoxOperatingPoints"
GotFocus="ComboBoxOperatingPoints_GotFocus_1"
FontSize="30"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="40,40,0,0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
Width="200"
Height="50"
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding OperatingPoints}"
DisplayMemberPath="name"
SelectedValue="{Binding OperatingPointID,UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
SelectedValuePath="operating_point_id"
>
The combobox refresh, but gives validation error and I can't use it anymore after the first GotFocus event occured.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
Finaly I changed the GotFocus event to DropDownOpened event and it's working fine.

Your code is creating a new ObservableCollection on every update. You probably only want to create the ObservableCollection once, then replace it's contents in UpdateModel. So, for example, in your view model's constructor, instantiate the OperatingPoints collection:
public class MyViewModel {
public MyViweModel() {
this.OperatingPoints = new ObservableCollection<Operating_Point>();
}
}
Then, in UpdateModel:
public void UpdateModel() {
this.OperatingPoints.Clear();
foreach ( Operating_Point point in new OperatingPointRepository().GetAll() ) {
this.OperatingPoints.Add(point);
}
NotifyPropertyChanged( "OperatingPoints" );
}

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link 1
link 2
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