Calendar control and Null dates issue

[Craig Buchanan]

I have embedded an asp:Calendar control into the EditItemTemplate of
GridView column. I have set the SelectedDate='<%# Bind("Finished") %>'
VisibleDate='<%# Eval("Finished") %>', to the AccessDataSource's 'Finished'
column (a Date type).

The control correctly binds to the column if the date isn't null. If the
column is null, I get an error that reads:

Conversion from type 'DBNull' to type 'Date' is not valid.

What am I missing here? Is there an easy fix?

Thanks,

Craig Buchanan

 

[Guest]

Here you have an article that explains how to avoid this in PreRender:

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Upload...ol11222005054337AM/ASPNetCalendarControl.aspx

Some other guys tell to extend the calendar control in order to handle null
values in the get/set property of the calendar control:

http://forums.asp.net/p/1046084/1468000.aspx

HTH
Braulio


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