Initializing object to handle null query results

Question

I have an object model like this:

public class MyObject{
  public int Prop1{get;set;}
  public int Prop2{get;set;}
}

I use this object in a

Answer 1

Why not use Nullable then?

public class MyObject{
  public int? Prop1{get;set;}
  public int? Prop2{get;set;}
}

int? is a shorthand of Nullable. That means, now Prop1 and Prop2 both can be null.

Or if you want zero, instead of null, then do this in the LINQ :

select new MyObject() { Prop1  = p1 ?? 0,  Prop2 = p2 ?? 0 }