Cast from type 'DBNull' to type 'String' is not valid. - Help!
I have a problem when I try to read from a table "Ads" in my database and the value of the field is <NULL>. (I assume that I will come across a field that will be blank.) I’m not referencing any field in particular. I am learning .Net through I test project. When I delete a field in a record, for example "phone" I get following error:
Cast from type 'DBNull' to type 'String' is not valid.
Exception Details: System.InvalidCastException: Cast from type 'DBNull' to type 'String' is not valid.
I would like to not show the label at all if it's null. For now how do I overcome this Null issue.
I included my code below.
Thank you.
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<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.OleDb" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image" %>
<script runat="server">
Dim ConnectString, SelectStatement As String
Dim Connect As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection
Dim Adapter As OleDbDataAdapter = New OleDbDataAdapter
Dim TestCB As OleDbCommandBuilder
Dim TestDS As DataSet = New DataSet
Dim Row As DataRow
Public AdNum As Integer
Public Title As String
Public Description As String
Public Category As String
Public Price As String
Public Phone As String
Public Email As String
Public State As String
Public Posted As Date
Public MyPassword As String
Public Image As String
Public HasErrors As Boolean
Public RowError As String
Sub GetAd(AdNumSent As Integer)
SelectStatement = "Select * From Ads Where AdNum=" & AdNumSent
ConnectString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & server.mappath("Testdb.mdb") & ";"
Connect.ConnectionString = ConnectString
Adapter.SelectCommand = new OleDbCommand(SelectStatement, Connect)
Adapter.Fill(TestDS,"Ads")
TestCB = New OleDbCommandBuilder(Adapter)
If TestDS.Tables("Ads").Rows.Count > 0 Then
Row = TestDS.Tables("Ads").Rows(0)
AdNum = Row.Item("AdNum")
Title = Row.Item("Title")
Description = Row.Item("Description")
Category = Row.Item("Category")
Price = Row.Item("Price")
Phone = Row.Item("Phone")
Email = Row.Item("Email")
State = Row.Item("State")
Posted = Row.Item("Posted")
MyPassword = Row.Item("MyPassword")
Image = Row.Item("Image")
TitleLabel.Text = Title
DescriptionLabel.Text = Description
PriceLabel.Text = Price
PhoneLabel.Text = Phone
EmailLink.Text = Email
EmailLink.NavigateURL = "mailto:" & Email
StateLabel.Text = State
PostedLabel.Text = Posted
AdImage.ImageUrl = Image
End If
PostErrors
End Sub
Sub PlaceAd
Row = TestDS.Tables("Ads").NewRow
CopyToDS
Row.Item("Posted") = CDate(Today)
TestDS.Tables("Ads").Rows.Add(Row)
Adapter.Update(TestDS, "Ads")
PostErrors
End Sub
Sub EditAd
CopyToDS
Adapter.Update(TestDS, "Ads")
PostErrors
End Sub
Sub DeleteAd
TestDS.Tables("Ads").Rows(0).Delete
Adapter.Update(TestDS, "Ads")
PostErrors
End Sub
Private Sub CopyToDS
Row.Item("Title") = Title
Row.Item("Description") = Description
Row.Item("Category") = Category
Row.Item("Price") = CSng(Price)
Row.Item("Phone") = Phone
Row.Item("Email") = Email
Row.Item("State") = State
Row.Item("MyPassword") = MyPassword
Row.Item("Image") = Image
End Sub
Private Sub PostErrors
HasErrors = TestDS.HasErrors
If HasErrors Then
RowError = TestDS.Tables("Ads").Rows(0).RowError
End If
End Sub
</script>
<TABLE id="Table1" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="2" width="100%" bgColor="lime" border="1">
<tr>
<td bgColor="yellow" colSpan="2"><asp:label id="TitleLabel" runat="server" font-size="12 pt" font-bold="true"></asp:label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td vAlign="top" width="25%">Description:</td>
<td><asp:label id="DescriptionLabel" runat="server" font-size="12 pt" font-bold="true"></asp:label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%">Price:</td>
<td>$<asp:label id="PriceLabel" runat="server" font-size="12 pt" font-bold="true"></asp:label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%">Phone:</td>
<td><asp:label id="PhoneLabel" runat="server" font-size="12 pt" font-bold="true"></asp:label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%">Email:</td>
<td><asp:hyperlink id="EmailLink" runat="server" font-size="12 pt" font-bold="true"></asp:hyperlink></td>
</tr>
<tr> <td width="25%">Location:</td>
<td><asp:label id="StateLabel" runat="server" font-size="12 pt" font-bold="true"></asp:label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%">Posted:</td>
<td><asp:label id="PostedLabel" runat="server" font-size="12 pt" font-bold="true"></asp:label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%">Image:</td>
<td><asp:Image id="AdImage" runat="server" /></td>
</tr>
</TABLE>
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sloppyjoe
6/17/2004 3:37:44 AM
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Right. So, for each column which can be null, you need to check this in the assignment:
If Not myRow.IsNull("SomeColumn") Then
someVariable = Ctype(myRow("SomeColumn"),String)
End If
--Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP - Directory Services
http://www.briandesmond.com
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bdesmond
6/17/2004 3:39:16 AM
I understand about testing each column that can be NULL, but where do i place the statement. Could you get me an example or some more instruction.
Thank You.
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sloppyjoe
6/17/2004 3:51:13 AM
Ah. Sorry:
Change:
AdNum = Row.Item("AdNum")
to:
If Not myRow.IsNull("AdNum") Then
someVariable = Ctype(myRow("AdNum"),String)
End If
--Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP - Directory Services
http://www.briandesmond.com
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bdesmond
6/18/2004 2:23:22 AM
Joe,
A slightly more elegant way would be to call the .ToString method on any values that could possibly be null, e.g.
AdNum = Row.Item("AdNum").ToString
Cheers,
Peter Brunone
MS MVP, ASP.NET
Founder, EasyListBox.com
Do the impossible, and go home early.
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peterbrunone
6/18/2004 6:37:56 AM
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