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RyanhRyanh 

Attempt to de-reference a null object

I don't understand why I'm getting this error... I have the following code:

 

System.debug('BillingStreet = \'' + account.BillingStreet + '\'\n');
System.debug('BillingState = \'' + account.BillingState + '\'\n');
 
if (account.BillingStreet == '' || account.BillingStreet == null) ApexPages.addMessage( new ApexPages.Message(ApexPages.Severity.ERROR, 'The account must have a billing address.') );
 
If I remove the OR condition in the if statement, debug outputs the following:
BillingStreet = 'null'
BillingState = 'CA' 
 
If I leave that in, I get the error: "Attempt to de-reference a null object"; the error refers to the "account.BillingStreet" test for null...
 
If I only test for null -- instead of empty string -- then I get the following error:  
 
Data Not Available
The data you were trying to access could not be found. It may be due to another user deleting the data or a system error. [...]
 
'account' is not null BillingState is getting outputted (sp?) just fine. 
 
 
WTF? 
 
Message Edited by Ryanh on  03-19-2009 02:04 PM