DataExtensionsConvertFieldT(DataRow, String, T) Method

Provides strongly-typed access to each of the column values in the specified row. Automatically applies type conversion to the column values.

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Data.DataExtensions
Assembly: Gemstone.Data (in Gemstone.Data.dll) Version: 1.0.170 -- Release Build+2a9fa3c66c28e3c3cab7bdd2c7a3badf828f6ba0

C#View Source Request Example

public static T ConvertField<T>(
	this DataRow row,
	string field,
	T defaultValue
)

VBView Source Request Example

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function ConvertField(Of T) ( 
	row As DataRow,
	field As String,
	defaultValue As T
) As T

C++View Source Request Example

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename T>
static T ConvertField(
	DataRow^ row, 
	String^ field, 
	T defaultValue
)

JavaScriptView Source Request Example

JavaScript does not support generic types or methods.

Parameters

row DataRow: The input DataRow, which acts as the instance for the extension method.
field String: The name of the column to return the value of.
defaultValue T: The value to be substituted if Value is retrieved.

Type Parameters

T: A generic parameter that specifies the return type of the column.

Return Value

T
The value, of type T, of the DataColumn specified by field.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type DataRow. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).