What does object.Value return of {} mean?

Question

Hi

I am debugging a third party library that is throwing an exception. I don't think the finer details of the library are relevant but you can correct me on that if I am wrong.

I have a parameter of type object passed to a function. The return of object.Value is:
{}

How can I test for this? What is the value? It is not null and I don't know how to test for and handle this value.

Thanks
Dan

Dan Halliday · Answer

It turns out this means it is System.DBNull.Value.

Dan Halliday · Answer

I beg your pardon - .Value is a method of the library. This method returns an object. When I check the object in the Immediate Window I get the {} return.