and null fields in a datagrid

[Tina]

in the itemDatabound event of a datagrid, both null fields and blank string
come through as   in the e.items.cells field. Is there anyway to tell
them apart?
Thanks,
T

[S.M. Altaf [MVP]]

Is there anything specific you're trying to accomplish by differentiating
between the two? Under general scenarios, they would both be the same in
the datagrid. But if you're looking to change the value in the datagrid
based upon these values, you should check the corresponding value in the
dataset, and not in the datagrid cell. You can access it in the
ItemDataBound event with something like

ds.Tables(0).Rows(e.Item.ItemIndex)

HTH

-Altaf [MVP]
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"Tina" <tinamseaburn@nospammeexcite.com> wrote in message
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> in the itemDatabound event of a datagrid, both null fields and blank
> string
> come through as &nbsp; in the e.items.cells field. Is there anyway to
> tell
> them apart?
> Thanks,
> T
>
>