Check if decimal value is null

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I would like to check if the decimal number is NULL or it has some value  since the value is assigned from database in class object   public decimal myDecimal  get  set      and then I have   myDecimal   Convert ToDecimal rdrSelect 23  ToString       I am trying   if  rdrSelect 23     DBNull Value                                                myDecimal   Convert ToDecimal rdrSelect 23  ToString                             But I am getting this       the result of the expression is always  true  since a value of type    decimal  is never equal to null   How can I check if that decimal number has some value

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Decimal is a value type  so if you wish to check whether it has a value other than the value it was initialised with  zero  you can use the condition myDecimal    default decimal    Otherwise you should possibly consider the use of a nullable  decimal   type and the use a condition such as myNullableDecimal HasValue

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Assuming you are reading from a data row  what you want is   if    rdrSelect IsNull 23             handle parsing

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If you re pulling this value directly from a SQL Database and the value is null in there  it will actually be the DBNull object rather than null  Either place a check prior to your conversion  amp  use a default value in the event of DBNull  or replace your null check afterwards with a check on rdrSelect 23  for DBNull

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A decimal will always have some default value  If you need to have a nullable type decimal  you can use decimal   Then you can do myDecimal HasValue

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decimal is a value type in  NET  And value types can t be null  But if you use nullable type for your decimal  then you can check your decimal is null or not  Like myDecimal      Nullable types are instances of the System Nullable struct  A nullable   type can represent the normal range of values for its underlying value   type  plus an additional null value    if  myDecimal HasValue    But I think in your database  if this column contains nullable values  then it shouldn t be type of decimal

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I ve ran across this problem recently while trying to retrieve a null decimal from a DataTable object from db and I haven t seen this answer here  I find this easier and shorter   var value   rdrSelect Field lt decimal  gt   ColumnName      0    This was useful in my case since i didn t have a nullable decimal in the model  but needed a quick check against one  If the db value happens to be null  it ll just assign the default value

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you can use this code   if  DecimalVariable Equals null            something statements

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You can also create a handy utility functions to handle values from DB in cases like these   Ex  Below is the function which gives you Nullable Decimal from object type       public static decimal  ToNullableDecimal object val                if  val is DBNull                val    null                        return null                    if  val is string  amp  amp                string val  Length    0                        return null                    return Convert ToDecimal val

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