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Null for a string
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From
07/05/2009 14:13:00
 
 
To
07/05/2009 14:02:56
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
General information
Forum:
ASP.NET
Category:
ADO.NET
Environment versions
Environment:
C# 3.0
OS:
Windows XP
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01398411
Message ID:
01398421
Views:
52
What's the advantage of using
Nullable<int> myValue = null;
over
int? myValue = null;
?

>Naomi, it depends if your variable type is a Value type or a Reference type. A value type (int, decimal, etc) cannot have null assigned to it, so your best bet is to use the Nullable generic and declare like:
>Nullable<int > myValue = null;
>A reference type (string, classes) are values in the stack that point to values on the heap. When you declare a reference type as null, you are essentially point it at nothing.
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