[thelist] Null Value from a database to a string?

Chris Johnston fuzzylizard at gmail.com
Wed Dec 29 14:30:20 CST 2004


On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:36:16 -0600, Casey Crookston
<casey at thecrookstons.com> wrote:
> asp.net in vb...
> 
> I'm populating a form from a database row.  There's a column in the db for
> address and address2 incase the user needs a second line for their address.
> In the db address2 is allowed a null value, but when trying to populate the
> form I get this error:
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Cast from type 'DBNull' to type 'String' is not valid.
> Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the
> current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information
> about the error and where it originated in the code.
> 
> Exception Details: System.InvalidCastException: Cast from type 'DBNull' to
> type 'String' is not valid.
> 
> Source Error:
> 
> Line 95:   baddress2.text=mySingleMemberDtr("b_address2")
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 


On most databases, don't put anything in. If the field is blank, then
simply don't enter anything into that field/column in the database.
Let the DB worry about how to enter a null value.


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