get_str_from_value

Description:

public abstract string get_str_from_value (Value? value)

Creates a new string which is a "user friendly" representation of the given value (in the user's locale, specially for the dates).

If the value is NULL or is of type GDA_TYPE_NULL, the returned string is a copy of "" (empty string).

Note: the returned value will be in the current locale representation.

Parameters:

this

an object which implements the DataHandler interface
value

the value to be converted to a string, or null

Returns:

the new string, or null if an error occurred