How should basic IDProperties be implemented in BusinessBase objects?
I have a BusinessBase object that requires the selection of a value from a combo box control populated with a list of items from a NameValueListBase object. The property on the BusinessBase object is defined as a Long. This means that this value defaults to a 0 and thus always has a value. While using data binding, if a user selects an option from the combo box and then clears the combo box the binding source object is trying to set my Long property to NULL, which causes a NULL to Long conversion exception.
Should the IdProperty be implemented as a Long type, or should a different type be used that accepts the use of a NULL value? At times, Id properties should allow the use of NULL values. What type should be used to allow the user to insert NULL Id values into a database? Also, since a long type always has a value (default of 0) the common Required rule never works. It seems like the Long data type is not the correct type to use.
Thanks.
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