Empty string!

[Adam Knight]

Very basic question!!

How do i check for an empty string in vb.net?

Ie:

If(e.Item.DataItem.Item(3) ?) Then
End If

I have already tried checking for a System.DBNull but the expression is
achieving what i am after
as e.Item.DataItem.Item(3) doesn't appear to be returning a dbnull if it is
empty.
It appears to be returning an empty string.

Adam..

[Lucas Tam]

"Adam Knight" <ad**@pertrain.com.au> wrote in news:eeTl57iwFHA.3720
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Very basic question!!

How do i check for an empty string in vb.net?

Ie:

If(e.Item.DataItem.Item(3) ?) Then

Try

If(e.Item.DataItem.Item(3)) <> "" then
You might also want to "trim" the string before comparison.
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[Adam Knight]

My solution:

If(e.Item.DataItem.Item(0) = String.Empty) Then

'hide table row
tblListItem.Rows(1).Visible = False

End If

Is this reasonable??

"Adam Knight" <ad**@pertrain.com.au> wrote in message
news:ee**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

Very basic question!!

How do i check for an empty string in vb.net?

Ie:

If(e.Item.DataItem.Item(3) ?) Then
End If

I have already tried checking for a System.DBNull but the expression is
achieving what i am after
as e.Item.DataItem.Item(3) doesn't appear to be returning a dbnull if it
is empty.
It appears to be returning an empty string.

Adam..

[Darren Kopp]

Yes that works just fine. Anything like "" or String.Empty or Nothing
would work.

-Darren Kopp