how to check if a datareader is null or empty

Question

I have a datareader that return a lsit of records from a sql server database. I have a field in the database called "Additional". This field is 50% of the time emp

Answer 1

I also use OleDbDataReader.IsDBNull()

if ( myReader.IsDBNull(colNum) ) { retrievedValue = ""; }
else { retrievedValue = myReader.GetString(colNum); }