>>Yes, just do a direct cast to "int" instead of converting it to a string, then back into an int.
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>>Replace this:
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>>int.Parse(dsx.Tables[0].Rows[0]["udfc1txtbxloc"].ToString())
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>>With
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>>(int) dsx.Tables[0].Rows[0]["udfc1txtbxloc"]
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>It may fail if the value returned is DbNull.Value

int.parse will probably also fail if there is a null in the table.