diff --git a/AmalgamationTool/DynamORM.Amalgamation.cs b/AmalgamationTool/DynamORM.Amalgamation.cs
index 5b18198..cb95713 100644
--- a/AmalgamationTool/DynamORM.Amalgamation.cs
+++ b/AmalgamationTool/DynamORM.Amalgamation.cs
@@ -11485,6 +11485,126 @@ namespace DynamORM
             void Dispose(bool disposing);
         }
     
+        public static class ReaderExtensions
+        {
+            public static bool? GetBooleanIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, bool? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetBoolean(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static byte? GetByteIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, byte? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetByte(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static char? GetCharIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, char? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetChar(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static DateTime? GetDateTimeIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, DateTime? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetDateTime(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static decimal? GetDecimalIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, decimal? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetDecimal(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static double? GetDoubleIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, double? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetDouble(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static float? GetFloatIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, float? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetFloat(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static Guid? GetGuidIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, Guid? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetGuid(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static short? GetInt16IfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, short? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetInt16(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static int? GetInt32IfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, int? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetInt32(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static long? GetInt64IfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, long? def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetInt64(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static string GetStringIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, string def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetString(ord);
+            }
+    
+            public static object GetValueIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, object def = null)
+            {
+                var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+                if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                    return def;
+    
+                return r.GetValue(ord);
+            }
+        }
+    
         /// <summary>Class containing useful string extensions.</summary>
         internal static class StringExtensions
         {
@@ -13968,7 +14088,7 @@ namespace DynamORM
                     throw new InvalidOperationException("Enumerables of enumerables are not supported");
     
                 Column = attr;
-
+    
                 if (attr != null && attr.AllowNull && !Type.IsNullableType() && Type != typeof(string))
                     attr.AllowNull = false;
     
diff --git a/DynamORM/Helpers/ReaderExtensions.cs b/DynamORM/Helpers/ReaderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c4cba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DynamORM/Helpers/ReaderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+using System;
+using System.Data;
+
+namespace DynamORM.Helpers
+{
+    public static class ReaderExtensions
+    {
+        public static bool? GetBooleanIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, bool? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetBoolean(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static byte? GetByteIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, byte? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetByte(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static char? GetCharIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, char? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetChar(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static DateTime? GetDateTimeIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, DateTime? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetDateTime(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static decimal? GetDecimalIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, decimal? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetDecimal(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static double? GetDoubleIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, double? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetDouble(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static float? GetFloatIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, float? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetFloat(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static Guid? GetGuidIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, Guid? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetGuid(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static short? GetInt16IfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, short? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetInt16(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static int? GetInt32IfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, int? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetInt32(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static long? GetInt64IfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, long? def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetInt64(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static string GetStringIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, string def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetString(ord);
+        }
+
+        public static object GetValueIfNotNull(this IDataReader r, string name, object def = null)
+        {
+            var ord = r.GetOrdinal(name);
+            if (r.IsDBNull(ord))
+                return def;
+
+            return r.GetValue(ord);
+        }
+    }
+}