Null values and date formats part 2

Emily Renkema

2. November 2018 20:38

This issue in this post (https://support.geocortex.com/essentialsGSCForum?sub-nav=forum&main-nav=essentials&#!/feedtype=SINGLE_QUESTION_DETAIL&criteria=ALLQUESTIONS&id=9066000000008ieAAA) is exactly what I'm going through but unfortunately the link posted by Jonathon from Latitude isn't working. Does anyone either know the workaround he mentions or how to find that post?

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  Permanently deleted user

  2. November 2018 20:51

  Hi Emily,

   

  Unfortunately, our forum software was updated and all older posts were orphaned.  I can see the post you are referring to in our old system still, here is the answer that was posted -

   

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  The problem appears to be that all elements are evaluated whether or not they are actually used, and calling a string method on System.DBNull.Value produces an error.

   

  You should be able to get around this by using the following ugly hack:

   

  (SITUS_CITY == System.DBNull.Value ? "" : (SITUS_CITY + " ").ToString().Trim())

   

  This will ensure that the expression will always evaluate to a string, and thus the operation will always be valid.

   

   

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  I hope this helps, it's quite old!

   

  Regards,

   

  Wayne Richard

   

  Latitude Geographics Group Ltd.

   

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  Emily Renkema

  2. November 2018 21:00

  Thanks for the response, I'll give it a shot!

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  Emily Renkema

  14. November 2018 21:26

  Hey Wayne, sorry about the late response

   

  This code does work when the date value is null (it leaves a blank space on the report), but when there is a value I get this:

   

  _img_ alt="User-added image" src="https://latitudegeo--c.na53.content.force.com/servlet/rtaImage?eid=907f2000000XeJP&feoid=Body&refid=0EMf2000000YDhP"_/_img_

   

  Here's how I have it set up in the report:

   

  _img_ alt="User-added image" src="https://latitudegeo--c.na53.content.force.com/servlet/rtaImage?eid=907f2000000XeJP&feoid=Body&refid=0EMf2000000YDhZ" _/_img_

   

  Anything stand out as being incorrect? Thanks again!

   

   

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  Permanently deleted user

  14. November 2018 21:33

  Hi Emily,

   

  I have asked the original author of the workaround to comment.

   

  Regards,

   

  Wayne

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  Yona Bystedt

  14. November 2018 21:39

  Hi,

   

  It has been a while, but I think the original code was assuming a string field. If the object is a Date, then it is invalid to concatentate a space with it. Try removing the + " " and see how that works:

   

  (RepairBy == System.DBNull.Value ? "" : RepairBy.ToString())

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  Emily Renkema

  14. November 2018 21:55

  Darn, now it's the other way around. When the RepairBy field has a value, it shows up, but I get an error in the report when it's empty. It sounds like System.DBNull.Value is the right way to go, I just need to fiddle with it so it works with both cases. Thanks!

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