>>I'm trying to stay away from ...ToString() because I think it defeats the purpose.
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Hi MC,
I want to read the data in as it comes in.
I want to accept whatever comes in and insert it into another data field with the same datatype w/o having to do.
int.Parse(cRow["CashAmt"].ToString());.
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