Hi Gerard
Because I think you are dealing with an object even though you might have an int in the underlying field. using (int) is an implicit cast and does not work with objects.
Tim

>Hi Tim. Thnaks for replying.
>Yes, Convert.ToInt32() works fine
>
>Why does this work and Int() does not ?? Are both these commands not doing the same thing
>regards,
>Gerard
>
>
>>Can you use Convert.ToInt32() ?
>>
>>>Hi
>>>I have following code , in ASP.net but I get a casting error
>>>
>>> int intNumber;
>>> intNumber = (int)MyDs.Tables[0].Rows[0]["PAR_NUM"];
>>>
>>>If I leave out tjhe int, I get a complier error
>>>
>>>
>>>How do I store a VFP NUmeric field to a C# field
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>Gerard