AdomdDataReader.IsDBNull Method

Article
12/03/2008

Returns a Boolean that contains a value indicating whether the column is set to null.

Namespace: Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient
Assembly: Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient (in microsoft.analysisservices.adomdclient.dll)

Syntax

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

public bool IsDBNull (
    int ordinal
)

public:
virtual bool IsDBNull (
    int ordinal
) sealed

public final boolean IsDBNull (
    int ordinal
)

public final function IsDBNull (
    ordinal : int
) : boolean

Parameters

ordinal
The zero-based ordinal position of the column to find.

Return Value

A Boolean containing true if the column is set to null; false otherwise.

Remarks

Call this method to check for null column values before calling the typed methods used to retrieve column values (for example, GetByte, GetChar, 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

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms