Question

I have the following as the value for my textbox in SSRS report:

   =iif(IsNothing(Fields!MyDate.Value), '', Format(Fields!MyDate.Value.AddDays(30), 'MMMM dd, yyyy')) 

It gives me an ‘#Error’ every time MyDate is null.

How do i work around this?

UPDATE:

i wrote this custom function, it got rid of the error, but returns January 31, 0001 when null date is passed.

Public Shared Function NewDate(myDate as DateTime, days as integer) AS string IF ISNOTHING(myDate) OR ISDBNULL(myDate) Then     NewDate = '        ' ELSE     NewDate = Format(myDate.AddDays(days), 'MMMM dd, yyyy') END IF End Function  

@Matt Hamilton: DateAdd(‘d’, 30,Fields!MyDate.Value)

Answer 1

The problem, of course, is that VB’s IIF statement evaluates both sides regardless of the outcome. So even if your field is null it’s still evaluating the ‘Value.DateAdd’ call.

If I recall correctly, SSRS has its own ‘DateAdd’ function that you can use instead. So you can do something like this (check the documentation ‘coz this is from memory):

=Iif(IsNothing(Fields!MyDate.Value), '', Format(DateAdd('d', 30, Fields!MyDate.Value), 'MMMM dd, yyyy'))