String null values and DateTime.MinValue

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Hello.
I found some errors in your May release.

1. I think, it's not good idea to throw exception when I access to null string.
2. Empty string and null - different things!
3. If you store datetime as FileTime, you can't store DateTime.MinValue

I created the patch and think, that it is not neccessary to distinguish this 
problems.

Patch is attached.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nikolay....@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2010 at 9:10

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Please recheck under 3.7.5 if this is still a problem

Original comment by noah.hart@gmail.com on 6 Mar 2011 at 11:45

• Changed state: CannotReproduce
• Added labels: Milestone-3.7.5

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Yes, still repros in 3.7.5.

Create a database with a nullable nvarchar column.  *Omit* that column from the 
insert.  Then retrieve that column using the SqliteClient (not the native API).

SqliteDataReader.GetString will throw a NullReferenceException because it 
attempts to call ToString() on a null.

Original comment by tanza...@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2011 at 12:36

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This issue was closed by revision c30391deab.

Original comment by noah.hart@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2011 at 1:13

• Changed state: Fixed

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@tanza -- it will simply return null now after the latest checkin

Original comment by noah.hart@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2011 at 1:14