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Sirs/Madam

I encounter the problem on date field.
Sometimes, when there is no date, then it will return the null object. When
I want to check by

aDate.toString() = "" or null, it throws exception.

How can I ensure they return the value or not.

Please help
May 26 '07 #1
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timothy ma and constance lee wrote:
Sirs/Madam

I encounter the problem on date field.
Sometimes, when there is no date, then it will return the null object. When
I want to check by

aDate.toString() = "" or null, it throws exception.

How can I ensure they return the value or not.

Please help

if( aDate == null ){ }
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