Handle NULL in Datareader

Question

This is the code I' using for reading data from sql through DataReader. It gives Error when there is a NULL in table. How to handle it?

I tried

c.ActualWeight= dr[0] as float? ?? default(float);

The problem with this is that it is successful in Handling NULLs but the result is Always 0 even if the sql database has value 1 in that field.

{ 
    List<Inventory_Connector> LC = new List<Inventory_Connector>();
    string ConString = "data source=DELL\\SQLSERVER1;Initial Catalog=Camo;Integrated Security=True";
    SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(ConString);
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Select Top 17 * from Inventory_Connector", con);
    con.Open();
    SqlDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();

    while (dr.Read())
    {
        c.ActualWeight = float.Parse(dr[0].ToString().Trim());
    }

    LC.Add(c);
}

dr.Close();
con.Close();
return LC;

Answer 1

You can use SqlDataReader.IsDBNull to check for null values out of a data reader. C# null and DBNull are different.

 c.ActualWeight = 
     dr.IsDBNull(0) 
     ? default(float) 
     : float.Parse(dr[0].ToString().Trim());

Answer 2

You can try this

if (dr.IsDBNull(0))
   c.ActualWeight = default(float);
else
   c.ActualWeight = float.Parse(dr[0].ToString().Trim());

Answer 3

c.ActualWeight = (dr[0] != DBNull.Value) ? float.Parse(dr[0].ToString().Trim()) 
                                         : default(float)

use the DBNull.Value to check for null values.