my apologies...While I was editing the text, I accidently triggered the send
message command.
----- Original Message -----
From: Henning Brune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: checking for null in a doPost method
> This will also result in a NullPointerException !
>
> Try:
>
> if (pQ2 == null || pQ2.length() == 0)
>
> I think we had that topic some weeks ago !
>
> Sandeep Malhotra wrote:
> >
> > compare with null like this ---> if (pQ2.equals(null))
> > // null should not be in quotes while comparison else it be taken as
String
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lambert, Stephen : CO IR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 6:39 PM
> > Subject: checking for null in a doPost method
> >
> > > I'm trying to pass blanks for a null into my db from an html form.
> > > Code as follows:
> > >
> > > String pQ2 = request.getParameter("check2");
> > > if (pQ2.equals("null") {pQ2="";
> > > }
> > >
> > > I end up with the error "java.lang.NullPointerException".
> > > Even though when I display the variable pQ2, it gives me "null"(no
> > quotes)
> > > using:
> > >
> > > out.println(pQ2);
> > >
> > > Anybody know how to check for null data from a doPost method?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Stephen.
> > >
> > >
> >
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