From b87dc237ac76b889cafadda14424a560107ab896 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moshe Dicker <dickermoshe@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:31:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add better error message to bad annotation read

---
 drift/lib/src/runtime/manager/annotate.dart | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drift/lib/src/runtime/manager/annotate.dart b/drift/lib/src/runtime/manager/annotate.dart
index 7ac5d4711..d2e31fddc 100644
--- a/drift/lib/src/runtime/manager/annotate.dart
+++ b/drift/lib/src/runtime/manager/annotate.dart
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ class Annotation<SqlType extends Object, $Table extends Table>
 
   /// Read the result of the annotation from the [BaseReferences] object
   SqlType? read(BaseReferences refs) {
-    return refs.$_typedResult.read(_expression);
+    try {
+      return refs.$_typedResult.read(_expression);
+    } on ArgumentError {
+      throw ArgumentError('This annotation has not been added to the query. '
+          'Use the .withAnnotations(...) method to add it to the query. ');
+    }
   }
 
   /// Create a new annotation