Inserting a DBNull value into a database

I have code which works pretty well. I just need some of your opinions on how to write it better with fewer line of code. I want to use a ternary operator but I couldn't make it work so I did an if else instead.

Basically, I want to insert a price on my database. The price column is a nullable decimal. Even in my C# code, it's a nullable decimal as well.

if (items.Price == null)
{
    SqlParameter[] p =
    {
        new SqlParameter("@purchaseorder", items.PurchaseOrderItems),
        new SqlParameter("@modelnumber", items.ModelNumber), 
        new SqlParameter("@quantity", items.Quantity),
        new SqlParameter("@Price",  DBNull.Value),
        new SqlParameter("@Description", items.Description),
        new SqlParameter("@OrderNumber", items.OrderNumber),
        new SqlParameter("@Unit", items.Unit)
    };

    i = Dal.ExecuteNonQuery(sql,p);
}
else
{
    SqlParameter[] p =
    {
        new SqlParameter("@purchaseorder", items.PurchaseOrderItems),
        new SqlParameter("@modelnumber", items.ModelNumber), 
        new SqlParameter("@quantity", items.Quantity),
        new SqlParameter("@Price",  items.Price),
        new SqlParameter("@Description", items.Description),
        new SqlParameter("@OrderNumber", items.OrderNumber),
        new SqlParameter("@Unit", items.Unit)
    };

    i = Dal.ExecuteNonQuery(sql,p);
}
return i;

Can this be written without the else block?

The most terse and declarative way to write this is to use C#'s ?? operator. Your line becomes:

new SqlParameter("@Price",  (object)items.Price ?? DbNull.Value),

The expression here will either return the non-null value of the left operand (items.Price), or return the operand to the right instead.

If you hadn't guessed, the ?? operator is basically syntactic sugar for if operl != null ? operl : operr.

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