Passing Null to Function ?

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luqman

I have defined custom binding in DetailView Textbox.

<%# ShowParent(Eval("ParentID")) %>

Its calling a ShowParent() function which is as under:


The problem is that if ParentID field is Null,then the above line passes the
Null to function and error occurs when converting DBNull to Int16.

How can I detect if ParentID is Null or not ?


Function ShowParent(byVal parentID as Int16) as String

'my code

End Sub


Best Regards,

Luqman
 
I have defined custom binding in DetailView Textbox.

<%# ShowParent(Eval("ParentID")) %>

Its calling a ShowParent() function which is as under:

The problem is that if ParentID field is Null,then the above line passes the
Null to function and error occurs when converting DBNull to Int16.

How can I detect if ParentID is Null or not ?

Function ShowParent(byVal parentID as Int16) as String

'my code

End Sub

Best Regards,

Luqman
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Try to pass an object to the function

Function ShowParent(byVal parentID) as String

and check there

If Not IsDbNull(parentID) then
Dim parentID_int as Int16 = Convert.ToInt16(parentID)
....
End If
 
My first thought is switching to a nullable type (available in 2.0). The
type would be short? in C#, changing the signature to:

ShowParent(short? val)

This may still not work, as the issue may not be in the parameter.

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