I use about 5 columns from the DataRowView to change the appearance of the ASP.NET DataGrid. Rather than keep repeating:

(decimal)drvPortfolio["EnterPrice"];

I use variables instead:

decimal enterPrice = (decimal)drvPortfolio["EnterPrice"];

then use enterPrice throughout the rest of the code. It's really more to make the code easier to read for me. I can work around it by just using:

if (drvPortfolio["ExitDateTime"] != DBNull.Value)
   ...

but it seems odd that I can't set a DateTime value to null.

>I've been talking to Bonnie on this one, because I didn't have an answer beyond a workaround. We were curious what the variable was being used for, since you mentioned you're using some type of grid. However, if you're using a datetime picker, then that might affect what you do, since a datetime picker can't use a null date.
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>At any rate, the only workaround I can think of is to come up with a 'fake date' in the past, one that would never normally be assigned.
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>You can use this fake date as a comparison in subsequent lines of code, like whether to display something, whether to assign a stored procedure parameter, etc.
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>If either bonnie or myself comes up with something better, we'll post something, but for now, using a fake date is all we can really think of.
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>Kevin