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If you read Creating SqlParameters Best Practices you will find the fun you have if you have null values:
SqlParameter[] sqlParams = new SqlParameter[] {
new SqlParameter("@Required", required),
questionCode == null ? new SqlParameter("@Code", DBNull.Value) : new SqlParameter("@Code", questionCode)
};
Here is a nice helper function to deal with nulls without having to manually check every time.
/// <summary>
/// Return a SqlParameter with DBNull value or value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key"></param>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static SqlParameter NullWrapper(string key, object value)
{
if (value == null)
return new SqlParameter(key, DBNull.Value);
else
return new SqlParameter(key, value);
}
Then you can use it as follows
SqlParameter[] sqlParams = new SqlParameter[] {
new SqlParameter("@UserID", userId),
new SqlParameter("@itemNo", itemNo),
General.NullWrapper("@expiryDate", expiryDate) //no need to check if null any more
};
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Its more easy do:
parameter??DBNull.Value
I dont quite understand.. can you be more explicit?
Rather than hack the parameter creation code, you might want to consider putting a default value of null in the relevant stored procedure parameter, then passing null (not DBNull) as the parameter. The data code will be interpreted as the parameter being missing, which will then be covered by the default value in the procedure…
You are right, if you can modify the source code of the stored proc, that is a good option too.