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DataRow.IsNull Method (DataColumn)

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets a value that indicates whether the specified DataColumn contains a null value.

Namespace: System.Data
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)

public bool IsNull(
	DataColumn column
)

Parameters

column: Type: System.Data.DataColumn
A DataColumn.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the column contains a null value; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example prints each column of each row in each table of a DataSet. If the row is set to a null value, the value is not printed.

Private Sub PrintRows(dataSet As DataSet)
    Dim table As DataTable
    Dim column As DataColumn
    Dim row As DataRow
    For Each table In dataSet.Tables
       For Each row In table.Rows
          For Each column In table.Columns
             If Not row.IsNull(column) Then 
                Console.WriteLine(row(column).ToString())
             End If 
          Next column
       Next row
     Next table
End Sub

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

DataRow Class

IsNull Overload

System.Data Namespace

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