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DateTime to DBNull.Value

Hi,

I am writing a class to work with a table that I have...

I would like to initialize every var that will be used to nulls...
I found a problem doing this to DateTime vars

How can I add a parameter do my OdbcCommand telling that a DateTime will be
null.... I really need this...

Any help is appreciated...
Nov 17 '05 #1
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Diogo Alves - Software Developer wrote:
Hi,

I am writing a class to work with a table that I have...

I would like to initialize every var that will be used to nulls...
I found a problem doing this to DateTime vars

How can I add a parameter do my OdbcCommand telling that a DateTime will be
null.... I really need this...

Any help is appreciated...


DateTime can not be null because it is a value type. What you should do
is pick an arbitrary value that will represent null, for example
DateTime.MinVal ue.

if(date == DateTime.MinVal ue)
parameter.Value = null;
--
Rob Schieber
Nov 17 '05 #2
How about using the SqlDateTime data type. It will allow you to use
nulls.

Nov 17 '05 #3

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