SqlCeDataReader.IsDBNull Method

Article
10/22/2009

Gets a value indicating whether the column contains nonexistent or missing values.

Namespace: System.Data.SqlServerCe
Assembly: System.Data.SqlServerCe (in system.data.sqlserverce.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function IsDBNull ( _
    ordinal As Integer _
) As Boolean

public override bool IsDBNull (
    int ordinal
)

public:
virtual bool IsDBNull (
    int ordinal
) override

public boolean IsDBNull (
    int ordinal
)

public override function IsDBNull (
    ordinal : int
) : boolean

Parameters

ordinal
The zero-based column ordinal.

Return Value

true if the specified column value is equivalent to DBNull; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Call this method to check for null column values before calling the typed get methods (for example, GetByte, GetGuid, and so on) to avoid raising an error.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2003, Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, Windows CE 5.0
Version Information
.NET Framework and NET Compact Framework
Supported in 3.5
.NET Framework
Supported in 3.0
.NET Compact Framework and .Net Framework
Supported in 2.0