DBNull if statement

Question

I\'m trying to execute a stored procedure and then use an if statement to check for null values and I\'m coming up short. I\'m a VB guy so please bear with me if I\'m making

Answer 1

I use String.IsNullorEmpty often. It will work her because when DBNull is set to .ToString it returns empty.

if(!(String.IsNullorEmpty(rsData["usr.ursrdaystime"].toString())){
        strLevel = rsData["usr.ursrdaystime"].toString();
    }

Answer 2

Ternary operator should do nicely here: condition ? first_expression : second_expression;

strLevel = !Convert.IsDBNull(rsData["usr.ursrdaystime"]) ? Convert.ToString(rsData["usr.ursrdaystime"]) : null

Answer 3

The idiomatic way is to say:

if(rsData["usr.ursrdaystime"] != DBNull.Value) {
    strLevel = rsData["usr.ursrdaystime"].ToString();
}

This:

rsData = objCmd.ExecuteReader();
rsData.Read();

Makes it look like you're reading exactly one value. Use IDbCommand.ExecuteScalar instead.

Answer 4

At first use ExecuteScalar

 objConn = new SqlConnection(strConnection);
 objConn.Open();
 objCmd = new SqlCommand(strSQL, objConn);
 object result = cmd.ExecuteScalar();
 if(result == null)
     strLevel = "";
 else 
     strLevel = result.ToString();

Answer 5

Consider:

if(rsData.Read()) {
  int index = rsData.GetOrdinal("columnName"); // I expect, just "ursrdaystime"
  if(rsData.IsDBNull(index)) {
     // is a null
  } else {
     // access the value via any of the rsData.Get*(index) methods
  }
} else {
  // no row returned
}

Also: you need more using ;p

Answer 6

if(!rsData.IsDBNull(rsData.GetOrdinal("usr.ursrdaystime")))
{
  strLevel = rsData.GetString("usr.ursrdaystime"); 
}

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqldatareader.isdbnull.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqldatareader.getordinal.aspx