BTW, just for reference, in C# the shorthand noation for a nullable type is the question mark (?), e.g.

int? myValue = (int?)null;

Bill
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>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:
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>Nullable<int > myValue = null;
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>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.