Doesn't if row(col) = System.DBNull work in VB?
~~Bonnie
>I'm already using the code that you suggested, if you look at my trap code I am using:-
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>if row(col).GetType().ToString = "System.DBNull"
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>as suggested
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>But this still doesn't seem to be the right solution, what about trapping for 'byte[]' where a system SQL datestamp is returned.
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>Can I not test the object value with a system object directly to see if they compare?