OK, for some reason this is tough for me.

I have a table in SQL Server that stores paramters and the control source of those parameters.

For one row, the column name is ReportParmValue and it contains "GridView1.SelectedValue". This is represented in the code as

Dim cRPV As String = dtResult.Rows(0).Item("ReportParmValue")

cRPV will now contain "GridView1.SelectedValue".

My problem is that I want the value of the form control GridView1.SelectedValue (which should be a string) and not the string "GridView1.SelectedValue".

The VFP equivalent would be something like

x = (cRPV) ..or.. x = EVALUATE(cRPV)

Any ideas? Thanks.