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ColumnAttribute.CanBeNull Property

Gets or sets whether a column can contain null values.

Namespace:  System.Data.Linq.Mapping
Assembly:  System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)
public bool CanBeNull { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
Default = true.

If you set this value to false, the data in the corresponding column is assumed to be non-null.

NoteNote

This property is duplicated from the DbType property for convenience. The CreateDatabase method uses only the DbType property. For this reason, you must specify whether a column can contain null values in the DbType property also.

    [Column(Storage="_LastName", DbType="NVarChar(20) NOT NULL", CanBeNull=false)]
	public string LastName
	{
		get
		{
			return this._LastName;
		}
		set
		{
			if ((this._LastName != value))
			{
				this.OnLastNameChanging(value);
				this.SendPropertyChanging();
				this._LastName = value;
				this.SendPropertyChanged("LastName");
				this.OnLastNameChanged();
			}
		}
	}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

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.

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