Use Coalesce With Db Column Values And Nullable Types?
Dec 8, 2011
I'm trying to do something similar to what's described here, but with nullable types.
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int availableUnits = unitsInStock ?? 0;
In VB, it would be this:
Dim availableUnits As Int32 = If(unitsInStock, 0)
However I'm working with db columns, which could be DbNull, and nullable types, which can be Nothing (which is different to DbNull). If a column is DbNull, I want to return Nothing, otherwise return the value. For eg:
Dim availableUnits As Int32? = If(myDataReader("UnitsInStock").Value, Nothing)
The error I'm getting is "Specified cast is not valid" but I'm not sure why. I've tried this as well:
Dim availableUnits As Int32? = If(isDbNull(myDataReader("UnitsInStock").Value), myDataReader("UnitsInStock").Value, Nothing)
Which is messy and just results in the same error. The only thing that works is this:
Dim availableUnits As Int32?
If isDbNull(myDataReader("UnitsInStock").Value) Then
availableUnits = myDataReader("UnitsInStock").Value
Else
availableUnits = Nothing
End If
Which is just silly. Is there a better way of getting nullable db values into nullable variables that I'm not aware of?
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Aug 27, 2010
I have: Dim nVar1 As Long?Dim nVar2 As Long?Dim nVarSum As Long?nVar1 = Nothing nVar2 = 5 nVarSum = nVar1 + nVar2 I would prefer the result to end with nVarSum being 5, instead of Nothing. I understand if you add something to an unknown value, you will end up with "somthing + unknown" or x+5 will always equal "x+5" not "5" because you are still carrying around that unknown "x". However, how can I effectively treat an unknown or Nothing as a zero for the purposes of addition in this case?(What is basically happening is that the end user is sending us a data file, this code parses that file and then sums together about 15 fields. If the user leaves those fields blank instead of assigning a zero to them, I need to treat it as if it was a zero for this one addition operation, but all the rest of the code needs to continue seeing it as a Nothing value since the user did not ACTUALLY submit zero... they submitted blank or nothing)
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Jun 27, 2012
Can Nullable Types be used in VB.NET? If so, is it possible to have a Nullable Integer that I can use with a field that accepts NULL in SQL Server?
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Aug 25, 2010
I'm converting an Access VBA app to VB.NET. It has dates defined as variants or objects to handle null values. I thought this would be a great chance to use the Nullable type. But I can't get it to work. Either it is inappropriate for what I am trying to use it for, or I am doing it wrong. Anyone know how to use it? Reader is a SqlDataReader.
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I was hoping I didn't have to put a lot of If .. Null statements throughtout the code, but that is my only option unless someone has any other idea.
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Feb 15, 2011
C#'s 'as' keyword will let you do this: int? input = value as int? Here's what I would assume the vb.net equivalent would be: Dim input As Integer? = TryCast(value, Integer?) There's an intellisense error in the TryCast stating the operand must be a reference type but Integer? is a value type.
Intellisense on Nullable(Of Integer) says 'Represents an object whose underlying type is a value type that can also be assigned null like a reference type.' It seems C#'s 'as' handles this like a reference type where TryCast doesn't have this built in. In VB10 I was able to take advantage of the new CTypeDynamic function to do the casting. Conversion.CTypeDynamic Method
Dim input As Integer? = CTypeDynamic(Of Integer?)(value)
Or:
Dim input As Integer? = CTypeDynamic(Value, GetType(Integer?))
There's a cost here as CTypeDynamic examines the type at runtime.
My question is what is the elegant way to handle this without CTypeDynamic?
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Nov 15, 2011
Dim input As Integer? = TryCast(value, Integer?)There's an intellisense error in the TryCast stating the operand must be a reference type but Integer? is a value type.Intellisense on Nullable(Of Integer) says 'Represents an object whose underlying type is a value type that can also be assigned null like a reference type.'It seems C#'s 'as' handles this like a reference type where TryCast doesn't have this built in.
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Aug 24, 2011
I have recently been working on a number of sections of code that deal with the insertion of Nullable types into a database. As I'm sure anyone who has dealt with similar code will be aware of the annoyance of constantly writing conditional logic to deal with the insertion of nulls into a database. I.e.:
MyValue.HasValue ? MyValue.Value : DBNull.Value;
If(MyValue.HasValue, MyValue.Value, DBNull.Value)
Basically I am just wondering why DBNull.Value exists and why Null simply couldn't be used?
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Jan 17, 2010
It seems like overkill to set the value of a nullable type and implement iNotifyPropertyChanged. Is there a better way of doing this?
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May 4, 2012
I am trying to query for records where that column IS NULL:
Dim UnassignedSubSvc =
From c In CurrentContext.SubService
Where c.Product.ProductSubServiceId **is null**
Select c).ToList()
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Mar 9, 2010
Is there any difference between the 2 methods below for calculating c ... specifically boxing/unboxing issues?
Dim a As Integer? = 10
Dim b As Integer? = Nothing
Dim c As Integer
' Method 1
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Mar 1, 2012
I have the following NHibernate Linq query:
From eachLine In myNhSession(Of SamplePoco)()
Where eachLine.SampleIntField = 1234
The property SamplePoco.SampleIntField is type Nullable(Of Int32)
When I run the query, I get the following exception:
System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'NHibernate.Hql.Ast.HqlCoalesce' to type 'NHibernate.Hql.Ast.HqlBooleanExpression'
If I change the property type to Int32, it works. It seems that Nullable types are automatically converted into a coalesce expression by the Linq compiler.
Debugging the NHibernate, I just found out that this Where clause was converted into: {where ((eachLine.SampleIntField == 1234) ?? False)}. As I can understand, the whole condition comparison was translated to be coalesced instead of just the Nullable property.
If I put this way eachLine.SampleIntField.Equals(1234) it doesn't work as well ('Equals not implemented' exception)
If I change the query to the following code, it works:
From eachLine In myNhSession(Of SamplePoco)()
Where {1234}.Contains(eachLine.SampleIntField)
Another code that works as well (coalescing the field properly as I was expecting by the first query):
From eachLine In myNhSession(Of SamplePoco)()
Where If(eachLine.SampleIntField,0) = 1234
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Jan 9, 2011
I have a class that implements a range of numbers....call it NumericRange(Of T). Internally, NumericRange stores T as a Nullable, T?. I have another class that wraps this class as NumericRange(Of UInt16). Call this class MyNumRange (I'm being simplistic here). So In MyNumRange, I have a few constructors defined:
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Jul 21, 2011
I'm using my data objects in a crystal report. The thing is, when I select my object, it gets added to the field explorer table. My properties are listed except for the Nullable Type properties. Why would this happen. I've had quite a few issues yesterday as this is my first attempt at a crystal report in .Net. I thought I worked around them but now I've hit this snag.
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Jan 10, 2012
Is there a technical reason why there is no implicit conversion from DBNull to the various nullable and/or sql types? I understand why the conversions don't currently happen, but don't understand why an implicit conversion wasn't created at the time or added in subsequent versions of the framework.Just to be clear, I'm looking for technical reasons, not "because that's they way they did it" or "I like it that way".
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Jul 6, 2011
I have written an application which manages some bookings, and want to use Crystal Reports to provide the reporting engine. I have used it before with datasets with no problems.
I am using EF4, and have a LINQ query and report datasource assignment as below:
Code:
Dim ActiveCustomers = From Customer In FMEntities.Customers
Where Customer.Status = 1
Select Customer
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I have read up that I may need to convert the incoming data, but I am confused as to what it needs to be converted to. Should it be a datatable?
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Dec 14, 2011
I have a generic Class I'm using to hold information loaded from a database.I have a method which takes a DataRow as an argument, uses the object's known column name and extracts the data from the DataRow, such that:Dim loadData As T = CType(myDataRow("myColumnName"), T))works as my default assignment in most cases.Unfortunately, due to some horrifying design constraints, some of my columns may be null, and may also be taken from enumerations.This means that when <T> is Nullable(Of SomeEnumeration) the above code does not work because I can't cast 0 directly to SomeEnumeration.Zero.Is there some way to check whether <T> is Nullable(Of [Enum])? Or some way to write a method which allows Integers to be cast to Nullable(Of [Enum])?I feel like I'm forgetting something that would allow me to write one of the other of these, but my weak google-fu is turning up nothing.
EDIT: Okay, thanks to dasblinkenlight's answer below, I can detect when this circumstance is occurring, but what I need to do now is to take a type <T> which I know is Nullable(Of SomeClass), get a type reference to SomeClass and then create a new object of type Nullable(Of SomeClass) and assign that to LoadData.My problem was that I had a lot of difficulty in finding any function which would accept baseType as an actual Type.Parse accepted baseType as a parameter, I knew baseType was an [Enum] type because of dasblinkenlight's code, so I was, in this instance, able to code a solution. It's a solution which is very specific to my problem (i.e., T is Nullable(of SomeEnumeration)), but it's a solution nonetheless.
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Oct 2, 2009
Im working on my first n-tier application. I am trying to serialize a structure and Im getting an error"Soap Serializer does not support serializing Generic Types : System.Nullable`1[System.DateTime]."Here is the structure that is being serialized
Namespace Structures
<Serializable()> _
Public Structure structAllergy
Public AllergyID As String
Public ProfileID As String
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The bold line is the line that is throwing the error.
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May 15, 2011
I have the following POCO:
Public Class T1
<Required()>
<MaxLength(128)>
<Key(), Column(Order:=0)>
Property K1 As String
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I would expect C2 to be created as Nullable, but both C1 and C2 are Not Null. Adding
<Required(AllowEmptyStrings:=True)>
Does not make a difference, as it seems the decoration is aimed at data validation, not DB creation.
So how do i get a nullable column with Code First?
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Jun 3, 2011
am trying to calculate the values in rows in column 6 based on values of column 5. Bellow is the the code I am using I get a run time error about the string not formatted properly
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Jan 28, 2011
So I'm writing the equality operator overload (Operator =())for a custom object, and the resulting mess of If conditionals is just an eyesore. But so far, it seems like the only sane way to check the values to as to match the specific behavior of this object.
The rules are:Num1 is required, period, and both the left and right operands and must be equal for True. Else, False.Num2 is optional, but if specified, must be present for both the left and right operands, and must be equal for True. Else, False.Num3 is optional, but can only be specified if Num2 is also present. Else, False.Num3, if specified, must be present for both the left and right operands, and must be equal for True. Else, False.
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I also know that I could cache elements of the checks into booleans and then use those to reduce the amount of text. But that seems like a waste of cycles just for code readability. So I wanted to know if the SO community had better thoughts on reorganizing it, just in case I'm being too verbose with my checks.
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Oct 29, 2011
Reading a book, the following examples are given regarding value and reference types. This example is noted as a value example. ptY display {x = 10, y = 20}
Dim ptX As New System.Drawing.Point(10, 20)
Dim ptY As New System.Drawing.Point
ptY = ptX
ptX.X = 200
Console.WriteLine(ptY.ToString())
This example is noted as a reference example. objY displays "Hello Test".
Dim objX As New System.Text.StringBuilder("Hello World")
Dim objY As System.Text.StringBuilder
objY = objX
objX.Replace("World", "Test")
Console.WriteLine(objY.ToString())
The idea is simple enough, but I just can not tell the difference between the two. Could someone explain how the heap, the stack and the New keyword play a role in accessing directly and indirectly objects and variables?
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Jul 24, 2009
Im having trouble writing different values types to memory, for a particular exe Using the code below will allow me to write a value of 4 Bytes correctly but I also need to write a Float value.[code]Is there any way I can have both of these, to allow me to write 4 byte integers as well as Float Values?
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Sep 14, 2011
I'm experiencing unpredicted effects with nullables in VB.net. The object in question has a property defined: Public Property Value As Int32?
When I try to coalesce the value using IIf, I get a null exception
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@HOValue", IIf(headOffice.Value.HasValue, headOffice.Value .Value, DBNull.Value))
In C#, I know there's no implicit conversion for nullables, hence you can't use ??, but why is the first part of the IIf being evaluated in VB.NET?
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Aug 17, 2009
I am having a problem on setting the SQL CE table column a field type. What field type does a column that only accepts only two inputs..
Example: If a table has a column named Gender..it should only accepts two types of input...like Make or Female.
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Jun 8, 2010
This should be an easy one, looks like I got myself too confused.I get a table from a database, data ranges from varchar to int to Null values. Cheap and dirty way of converting this into a tab-delimited file that I already have is this (shrunken to preserve space, ugliness is kept on par with original):
da.Fill(dt)
' da - DataAdapter '
' dt - DataTable '
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Jul 2, 2011
Supposing the referenced List below contains 2 elements:
Dim Countries = From c In List _
Select New With { .Country = c.Country, .CountryID = c.CountryID }
The code above returns
.Country=Spain .CountryID = 1
.Country=Spain .CountryID = 1
How can I get the distinct values? The Countries query should contain only
.Country=Spain .CountryID = 1
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Jan 4, 2011
i have retrived this datatable from datasource and i want to add a more colum 'category'basedon the each value of each Role, like if role column has the value '90 daya client' then in the same row it should have a value 'DC' in the category column.n make a temporatry dt1 table but to add related values.
S.No First Name Last Name Role Date
1 Us er1Name User1Name 90 Day Client 11/01/2011
2 User1NameAtt1 User1NameAtt1 90 Day Client 11/01/2011
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Jul 26, 2010
I'm trying to create a web site that users can log into and self serve their user information ie name, address etc. I've set up a SQL server DB with a couple of table holding the data and accessing those using Linq. I'm selecting specific data from my datacontext then trying to assign it to a label, ideally I want to assign the value to a class attribute so I can use the users details on multiple pages.
I've simplified the code (removing WHERE statement etc for the purposes of this question):
Using CurrentUserDataContext
As
New UserDataDataContext()
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Mar 1, 2012
I would like to break a "SELECT" SQL statement into its logical components. i.e. I would like to create an object like "SelectSqlStatement" which has a property called "Table", "Where", "OrderBy", etc. The reason I want to do it is that I don't want to manipulate a string but rather manipulate an object and serialize it back to a string. Before I write one for .NET, I was wondering if there was one available. I did a search but didn't see anything.
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Jan 4, 2011
i'm afraid that this is a stupid question, but i must assume that i have programmed VB.Net too long and now can't figure out how to convert this C# null coalescing operator into VB.Net:
if( Convert.ToBoolean(ViewState[tp.UniqueID + "_Display"] ?? true) == false ){}
I know the IIF-Function but i'm not sure how to use it here and if it gives the correct result(in IIF both expressions are being evaluated). Please help to shed light on the dark.EDIT: if you want to see the source of this: forums.asp.net There you can see a solution that generates a Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from 'Object' to 'Boolean' compiler exception.
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