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BoundField::ConvertEmptyStringToNull Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether empty string values ("") are automatically converted to null values when the data field is updated in the data source.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
virtual property bool ConvertEmptyStringToNull {
	bool get ();
	void set (bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean
true to automatically convert empty string values to null values; otherwise, the false. The default is true.

Sometimes the user might enter an empty string for a field value when updating or inserting records. Use the ConvertEmptyStringToNull property to specify whether an empty string value is automatically converted to null when the data field is updated in the data source.

NoteNote:

By default, a BoundField object displays null values as empty strings. To display a different value, set the NullDisplayText property.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the ConvertEmptyStringToNull property to specify that an empty string ("") field value should automatically be converted to null.

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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

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
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