Item wont add to list box
<p>Im converting this simple program from vb to c# it updates, displays, create and delete items from a little access database. Bellow is the PopulateListBox() function in VB it goes through every row in the data set and see if it is deleted, not deleted or has errors. I am getting 2 errors here both on the lines 
        lstAlbums.Items.Add(item);
and
        lstAlbums.Items.Add(delitem);
now i realise that the strings are unassigned so i added
string item = "";
string delitem = "";</p>

<p>then when i start the program it fills every second item in th list box with a blank row.</p>

<p>How do i overcome this situation? thank you in advance anyone how can help me. </p>

<pre><code>    private void PopulateListBox()
    {
        string item;
        string delitem;
        //clear the list box
        lstAlbums.Items.Clear();

        //access each row in the data set table

        foreach (DataRow row in myDataSet.Tables["albums"].Rows)
        {
            //list the nondeleted rows
            if (!((row.RowState &amp; DataRowState.Deleted) == DataRowState.Deleted))
                item = row["albumCode"] + ", " + row["AlbumTitle"] + ", " +                                row["ArtistCode"];
                    //list rows with update errors
                    if (row.HasErrors)
                    item = "(**" + row.RowError + "**)";
                lstAlbums.Items.Add(item);

            //list deleted rows
            if ((row.RowState &amp; DataRowState.Deleted) == DataRowState.Deleted)
                delitem = row["albumCode", DataRowVersion.Original] + ", " 
                    + row["AlbumTitle", DataRowVersion.Original] + ", " 
                    + row["ArtistCode", DataRowVersion.Original] + "***DELETED***";
            lstAlbums.Items.Add(delitem);
         }
</code></pre>
