>>>Hopefully somebody can provide a better way of doing this. The UserId field in my datareader is uniqueidentifier type in SQL Server.
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>>>

>>>Guid UserId = new Guid(Convert.ToString(reader["UserId"]));
>>>

>>>
>>>Would this be better (more efficent):
>>>

>>>Guid UserId  = (Guid) reader["UserId"];
>>>

>>>
>>>Overall, is it better to use the System.Convert method or do a cast like the second example?
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>>The two statements are not equavalent. In the first I think you're creating a new Guid. The last statement just takes the existing value and assigns it to a variable. I would assume the second is more efficient.
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>I have confirmed that both statements are equivalent.

Great, thanks. I guess I was wrong then.