Represents the sole instance of the DBNull class.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared ReadOnly Value As DBNull
Dim value As DBNull
value = DBNull.Value
public static readonly DBNull Value
public:
static initonly DBNull^ Value
public static final var Value : DBNull
DBNull is a singleton class, which means only this instance of this class can exist.
If a database field has missing data, you can use the DBNull..::.Value property to explicitly assign a DBNull object value to the field. However, most data providers do this automatically.
To evaluate database fields to determine whether their values are DBNull, you can pass the field value to the DBNull.Value.Equals method. However, this method is rarely used because there are a number of other ways to evaluate a database field for missing data. These include the Visual Basic IsDBNull function, the Convert..::.IsDBNull method, the DataTableReader..::.IsDBNull method, the IDataRecord..::.IsDBNull method, and several other methods.
The following example calls the DBNull.Value.Equals method to determine whether a database field in a contacts database has a valid value. If it does, the field value is appended to the string output in a label.
Private Sub OUtputLabels(dt As DataTable)
Dim label As String
' Iterate rows of table
For Each row As DataRow In dt.Rows
Dim labelLen As Integer
label = String.Empty
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Title")
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "FirstName")
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "MiddleInitial")
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "LastName")
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Suffix")
label += vbCrLf
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Address1")
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "AptNo")
label += vbCrLf
labelLen = Len(label)
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Address2")
If Len(label) <> labelLen Then label += vbCrLf
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "City")
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "State")
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Zip")
Console.WriteLine(label)
Console.WriteLine()
Next
End Sub
Private Function AddFieldValue(label As String, row As DataRow, _
fieldName As String) As String
If Not DbNull.Value.Equals(row.Item(fieldName)) Then
Return CStr(row.Item(fieldName)) & " "
Else
Return Nothing
End If
End Function
private void OutputLabels(DataTable dt)
{
string label;
// Iterate rows of table
foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
{
int labelLen;
label = String.Empty;
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Title");
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "FirstName");
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "MiddleInitial");
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "LastName");
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Suffix");
label += "\n";
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Address1");
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "AptNo");
label += "\n";
labelLen = label.Length;
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Address2");
if (label.Length != labelLen)
label += "\n";
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "City");
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "State");
label += AddFieldValue(label, row, "Zip");
Console.WriteLine(label);
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
private string AddFieldValue(string label, DataRow row,
string fieldName)
{
if (! DBNull.Value.Equals(row[fieldName]))
return (string) row[fieldName] + " ";
else
return String.Empty;
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
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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