Handle DBNull in C#

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Published on 2010-03-12T13:56:25Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 13:57 UTC
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Is there a better/cleaner way to do this?

int stockvalue = 0;
if (!Convert.IsDBNull(reader["StockValue"]))
    stockvalue = (int)reader["StockValue"];

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