I want to do something like this:

   private User PopulateUsersList(DataRow row)
        {
            Users user = new Users();
            user.Id = int.Parse(row["US_ID"].ToString());
            if (row["US_OTHERFRIEND"] != null)
            {
                user.OtherFriend = row["US_OTHERFRIEND"].ToString();
            }
            return user;
        }

However, I get an error saying US_OTHERFRIEND does not belong to the table. I want to simply check if it is not null, then set the value.

Isn't there a way to do this?