Monday 17 December 2012

Find Null/Empty Values in Asp.net Datatable and Replace with Other Values


Find Null/Empty Values in Asp.net Datatable and Replace with Other Values
Introduction:

Here I will explain how to find null or empty values in datatable and replace with other values in asp.netusing C#, VB.NET.

Description:

In previous posts I explained Dynamically create datatable in asp.net, jQuery display average rating with decimal values, jQuery generate thumbnails from you tube videos, jQuery redirect to another page after some time delay, send forgot password as email in asp.net and many articles relating to asp.net, C#,VB.NET code snippets. Now I will explain how to find null values in datatable and replace with other values in asp.net using C#, VB.NET.

I have one datatable which contains data with some null values as shown below


UserId
UserName
Education
Location
1
SureshDasari
Chennai
2
MadhavSai
MBA
3
MaheshDasari
B.Tech
Nuzividu
4
Mahendra
CA
Now I want to replace these null or empty values with some other values for that we need to write the code as shown below
for (int i = 0; i < dt.Rows.Count;i++ )
{
for(int j=0;j<dt.Columns.Count;j++)
{
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(dt.Rows[i][j].ToString()))
{
// Write your Custom Code
dt.Rows[i][j] = "your required value";
}
}
}
If you want to see it in complete example first write following code in your aspx page
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1">
<title>Find Null Values in datatable and replace with other values in asp.net</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView ID="gvDetails" runat="server">
<HeaderStyle BackColor="#df5015" Font-Bold="true" ForeColor="White" />
</asp:GridView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
In code behind add the following namespaces

C# Code
using System;
using System.Data;
After that write the following code in code behind
dt.Rows.Add(dtrow);
dtrow = dt.NewRow();              // Create New Row
dtrow["UserId"] = 3;              //Bind Data to Columns
dtrow["UserName"] = "MaheshDasari";
dtrow["Education"] = "B.Tech";
dtrow["Location"] = "Nuzividu";
dt.Rows.Add(dtrow);
dtrow = dt.NewRow();              // Create New Row
dtrow["UserId"] = 4;              //Bind Data to Columns
dtrow["UserName"] = "Mahendra";
dtrow["Education"] = "CA";
dtrow["Location"] = null;
dt.Rows.Add(dtrow);

for (int i = 0; i < dt.Rows.Count;i++ )
{
for(int j=0;j<dt.Columns.Count;j++)
{
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(dt.Rows[i][j].ToString()))
{
// Write your Custom Code
dt.Rows[i][j] = "N/A";
}
}
}
gvDetails.DataSource = dt;
gvDetails.DataBind();
}
VB.NET Code

Imports System.Data

Partial Class Default2
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
If Not IsPostBack Then
BindGridviewData()
End If
End Sub
Protected Sub BindGridviewData()
Dim dt As New DataTable()
dt.Columns.Add("UserId", GetType(Int32))
dt.Columns.Add("UserName", GetType(String))
dt.Columns.Add("Education", GetType(String))
dt.Columns.Add("Location", GetType(String))
Dim dtrow As DataRow = dt.NewRow()
' Create New Row
dtrow("UserId") = 1
'Bind Data to Columns
dtrow("UserName") = "SureshDasari"
dtrow("Education") = Nothing
dtrow("Location") = "Chennai"
dt.Rows.Add(dtrow)
dtrow = dt.NewRow()
' Create New Row
dtrow("UserId") = 2
'Bind Data to Columns
dtrow("UserName") = "MadhavSai"
dtrow("Education") = "MBA"
dtrow("Location") = String.Empty
dt.Rows.Add(dtrow)
dtrow = dt.NewRow()
' Create New Row
dtrow("UserId") = 3
'Bind Data to Columns
dtrow("UserName") = "MaheshDasari"
dtrow("Education") = "B.Tech"
dtrow("Location") = "Nuzividu"
dt.Rows.Add(dtrow)
dtrow = dt.NewRow()
' Create New Row
dtrow("UserId") = 4
'Bind Data to Columns
dtrow("UserName") = "Mahendra"
dtrow("Education") = "CA"
dtrow("Location") = Nothing
dt.Rows.Add(dtrow)

For i As Integer = 0 To dt.Rows.Count - 1
For j As Integer = 0 To dt.Columns.Count - 1
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(dt.Rows(i)(j).ToString()) Then
' Write your Custom Code
dt.Rows(i)(j) = "N/A"
End If
Next
Next
gvDetails.DataSource = dt
gvDetails.DataBind()
End Sub
End Class
In above code I am replacing null or empty values with "N/A" run your application and check below output


Output


UserId
UserName
Education
Location
1
SureshDasari
N/A
Chennai
2
MadhavSai
MBA
N/A
3
MaheshDasari
B.Tech
Nuzividu
4
Mahendra
CA
N/A

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