How to check empty and null cells in datagridview using C#

Question

i am trying to check the datagridview cells for empty and null value... but i can not do it right...

for (int i = 0; i < dataGridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
{
         


        

Answer 1

if (!GridView1.Rows[GridView1.CurrentCell.RowIndex].IsNewRow)
{
     foreach (DataGridViewCell cell in GridView1.Rows[GridView1.CurrentCell.RowIndex].Cells)
    {
        //here you must test for all and then return only if it is false
        if (cell.Value == System.DBNull.Value)
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells[3].Value as String))
{
    MessageBox.Show("cell is empty");
    return;
}

Add as String, it works for me.

Answer 3

for (int i = 0; i < GV1.Rows.Count; i++)
{
    if ((String)GV1.Rows[i].Cells[4].Value == null)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(" cell is empty");
        return;
    }
}

It's working fine.

Answer 4

I think you should check for null first

Convert.IsDBNull(dataGridView1.Rows[j].Cells[1].FormattedValue)

Answer 5

I would try like this:

foreach (DataGridViewRow rw in this.dataGridView1.Rows)
{
  for (int i = 0; i < rw.Cells.Count; i++)
  {
    if (rw.Cells[i].Value == null || rw.Cells[i].Value == DBNull.Value || String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(rw.Cells[i].Value.ToString())
    {
      // here is your message box...
    }
  } 
}

Answer 6

Try this :

foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView.Rows)
{
    IEnumerable<DataGridViewCell> cellsWithValusInRows = from DataGridViewCell cell in row.Cells
        where string.IsNullOrEmpty((string)cell.Value)
        select cell;

     if (cellsWithValusInRows != null && cellsWithValusInRows.Any())
     {
         //Then cells with null or empty values where found  
     }
}

Then check for the collection if it is null or it has elements.

I hope this was helpful.