c# - Possible to use ?? (the coalesce operator) with DBNull?

Question

If I have code similar to the following:

while(myDataReader.Read())
{
  myObject.intVal = Convert.ToInt32(myDataReader["mycolumn"] ?? 0);
}

It throws the error:

Object cannot be cast from DBNull to other types.

defining intVal as a nullable int is not an option. Is there a way for me to do the above?

Answer 1

Here's one more option:

while (myDataReader.Read())
{
    myObject.intVal = (myDataReader["mycolumn"] as int? ?? 0);
}