The ?? operator can only work with nullable types. int and decimal are not nullable, but decimal? is.

+++ Rick ---

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>        public static decimal ComputeWeightDifference(int transactionHeaders_Id,PICSEntities context)
>        {
>            decimal emWeight = (decimal) context.EMTransactions.Where(r => (r.TransactionHeaders_Id == transactionHeaders_Id)).Sum(r => r.Weight) ?? 0;
>            decimal? detailsWeight = 0;
>            emWeight = (decimal?) context.EMTransactions.Where(r => (r.TransactionHeaders_Id == transactionHeaders_Id)).Sum(r => r.Weight) ?? 0;
>            detailsWeight = context.TransactionDetails.Where(r => (r.TransactionHeaders_Id == transactionHeaders_Id)).Sum(r => r.Weight);
>            return (decimal)(emWeight  - (decimal) (detailsWeight ?? 0);
>        }
>

>I'm really puzzled by this statement:
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>          decimal emWeight = context.EMTransactions.Where(r => (r.TransactionHeaders_Id == transactionHeaders_Id)).Sum(r => r.Weight) ?? 0;
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>It won't compile. CS0019 Operator '??' cannot be applied to operands of type 'decimal' and 'int'
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>But this does :
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>return emWeight  - (decimal) (detailsWeight ?? 0);
>

>
>So is there a way to do is in one line, or do I first need to extract the transactions and check if there are none?