ss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of
Shahram Banihashem
Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2011 10:40 PM
To: ozMOSS
Subject: Re: Check null or empty on it field
This is the way I go:
country = (item["Country"] ?? "No Country").ToString();
All in one l
This is the way I go:
country = (item["Country"] ?? "No Country").ToString();
All in one line, neat and easy!
Regards,
Shahram.
From: Salman Ahmad
To: ozmoss@ozmoss.com
Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2011 10:21 PM
Subject: RE: Check null
ullOrEmpty(item["Country"].ToString()))
{
country = item["Country"].ToString();
}
Regards,
Salman Ahmad
From: paul.no...@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au
To: ozmoss@ozmoss.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:44:26 +1100
Subject: RE: Check null or empty on it field
That looks great
That looks great Nigel thanks.
And the null-coalescing operator checks both null and empty?
From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of
Nigel Witherdin
Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2011 12:42 PM
To: OzMoss
Subject: RE: Check null or empty on it field
Rather
the same form can be used for
different datatypes:
DateTime someDate = (DateTime)(item["Date Field Name"] ?? DateTime.MinValue);
Cheers,
Nigel
From: paul.no...@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au
To: ozmoss@ozmoss.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:10:58 +1100
Subject: Check null or empty on it field
Hi all,
I'm trying to put some checks in place to avoid exceptions when a field has no
value. I had tried null but it didn't seem to be enough. I'm now trying the
following but continue to get an exception when a field in any item is empty.
Is there a more robust way to do this? Check length as w