how to check null value in linq to sql

Question

I am trying to use following linq to sql query to get result. But it doesn't works if parentCategoryId passed as null

 public static IEnumerable<Category> GetChildren(this Table<Category> source, int? parentCategoryId)
    {
        var categories = from c in source where c.ParenCategoryId == parentCategoryId select c;
        return categories;
    }   

but following works if null used directly in place of parentCategoryId

 public static IEnumerable<Category> GetChildren(this Table<Category> source, int? parentCategoryId)
    {
        var categories = from c in source where c.ParenCategoryId == null select c;
        return categories;
    }

Answer 1

You can use object.Equals, it will match on null values also.

public static IEnumerable<Category> GetChildren(this Table<Category> source, int? parentCategoryId)
{
    var categories = from c in source 
                     where object.Equals(c.ParenCategoryId, parentCategoryId) 
                     select c;
    return categories;
}