Convert null.String to string

[magnus-eriksson]

There might be a super simple answer to this, but as a newbie at Go, I'm having an issue.

I'm fetching some data from MSSQL and have set up some struct properties as null.String since the DB can contain null values.

Before json encoding the structs, I need to manipulate them a bit and need to do some simple if statements, like: if row.x == "y" { //do stuff } but since row.x has the type null.String, that comparison fails with:

mismatched types null.String and string

If I try to convert it to string first: var x = string(row.x), I get:

cannot convert (type null.String) to type string

What is the best way to handle this?

[magnus-eriksson]

Never mind. Figured it out.
I can use var x = row.x.String to get the real string value.