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 DBNull Field

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Convert..::.DBNull Field

Updated: May 2009

A constant that represents a database column that is absent of data; that is, database null.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared ReadOnly DBNull As Object
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim value As Object

value = Convert.DBNull
C#
public static readonly Object DBNull
Visual C++
public:
static initonly Object^ DBNull
JScript
public static final var DBNull : Object

The DBNull field is equivalent to DBNull..::.Value, as the following example shows.

Visual Basic
Console.WriteLine(Convert.DBNull.Equals(DBNull.Value))
' Displays True.

C#
Console.WriteLine(Convert.DBNull.Equals(DBNull.Value));
// Displays True.

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

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

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May 2009

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