null datarow, better way?

[SeaCapnJ]

Currently when I am querying a table, I assign a datarow the values I requested. If the search turns up null, I resolve it -a- la - ghetto. There has to be a better way

dim rowInput as datarow
dim tblIptval as new datatable
 
Try
   rowInput = tblIptVal.Select("CID = " & CID )(0)
Catch
    'no records
End Try