Select Returning Nbsp Instead Of An Empty String

I am using a SQLDataSource with the following Select query. If the "spouse" values are not in the database, I get the HTML non-breaking-space character back, rather than an empty string.


SelectCommand="select applicant_id, (applicant_last_name + ', ' + applicant_first_name) as applicant_name, CONVERT(varchar(10), applicant_dob, 101) as applicant_dob, applicant_ssn, (spouse_last + ', ' + spouse_first) as spouse_name, CONVERT(varchar(10), spouse_dob, 101) as spouse_dob, spouse_ssn from applicant where applicant_last_name like '%'+@last_name+'%' order by applicant_last_name"



Here is the relevant code-behind:


TextBox tb = (TextBox)formView.FindControl("SpouseName");

tb.Text = e.Item.Cells[4].Text;

DatePicker dp = (DatePicker)formView.FindControl("SpouseDateOfBirth");

if (e.Item.Cells[5].Text.Length > 0)

{

try // this is a try/catch because nbsp is not parsed as a date

{

dp.DateValue = DateTime.Parse(e.Item.Cells[5].Text);

}

catch

{

dp.txtDate.Text = "";

}

}

tb = (TextBox)formView.FindControl("SpouseSocialSecurityNumber");

tb.Text = e.Item.Cells.Text;



Thoughts?

Todd