Are you sure that the Entity.smallIntField is defined as short and that it's also defined as short in the DataRow?
You also might get this error if the column contains a DBNull.Value (not 100% sure of the error message you'll get with the null).
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>hi
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>Whats wrong with the statement below? I get the error message "specified cast is not valid ". I have tried int and short and get the same error. the field is a smallint.
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>this.Entity.smallIntField = (Int16)row[("smallIntField")];
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>TIA
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>Stuart
