C# equivalent of the IsNull() function in SQL Server

Question

In SQL Server you can use the IsNull() function to check if a value is null, and if it is, return another value. Now I am wondering if there is anything similar

Answer 1

I've been using the following extension method on my DataRow types:

    public static string ColumnIsNull(this System.Data.DataRow row, string colName, string defaultValue = "")
    {
        string val = defaultValue;
        if (row.Table.Columns.Contains(colName))
        {
            if (row[colName] != DBNull.Value)
            {
                val = row[colName]?.ToString();
            }
        }
        return val;
    }

usage:

MyControl.Text = MyDataTable.Rows[0].ColumnIsNull("MyColumn");
MyOtherControl.Text = MyDataTable.Rows[0].ColumnIsNull("AnotherCol", "Doh! I'm null");

I'm checking for the existence of the column first because if none of query results has a non-null value for that column, the DataTable object won't even provide that column.