Handling ExecuteScalar() when no results are returned

Question

I am using the following SQL query and the ExecuteScalar() method to fetch data from an Oracle database:

sql = \"select username from usermst wh         


        

Answer 1

private static string GetUserNameById(string sId, string connStr)
    {
        System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection conn = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(connStr);
        System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand command;

        try
        {
            // To be Assigned with Return value from DB
            object getusername;

            command = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand();

            command.CommandText = "Select userName from [User] where userid = @userid";

            command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@userid", sId);

            command.CommandType = CommandType.Text;

            conn.Open();

            command.Connection = conn;

            //Execute
            getusername = command.ExecuteScalar();

            //check for null due to non existent value in db and return default empty string
            string UserName = getusername == null ? string.Empty : getusername.ToString();

            return UserName;


        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {

            throw new Exception("Could not get username", ex);
        }
        finally
        {
            conn.Close();
        }

    }