C# ADO.NET: nulls and DbNull — is there more efficient syntax?

Question

I\'ve got a DateTime? that I\'m trying to insert into a field using a DbParameter. I\'m creating the parameter like so:

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Answer 1

If you are using SQLServer, the System.Data.SqlTypes namespace contains some utility classes that avoid the annoying type casting. For example instead of this:

var val = (object) "abc" ?? DBNull.Value;

you can write this:

var val = "abc" ?? SqlString.Null;