>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a column in a table of type nchar(1). The value in this column is "A" or "I". I want to bind this column to a check box and show in the caption of the check box "Active" (for 'A') and "Inactive" for 'I'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I tried the following binding code but get error:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>this.chkStatus.DataBindings.Add("Checked", bindingSource1, "Status=='A'");
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>What am I doing wrong? TIA.
>>>>>
>>>>>Why not make your life easier and just change the type of the column to bit 1=Active 0=Inactive?
>>>>>True and False.
>>>>
>>>>Good point, Borislav. When I was writing the question I thought about the same. But I am sure, even if I change this column to a bit type there will be future cases where I may need to bind a check box to a string column.
>>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>But how complex that could be?
>>>CheckBox has 3 values:
>>>True
>>>False
>>>NULL
>>>
>>>So you could handle it with a simple bit field that allow NULL :-)
>>
>>Excellent point, again. Thank you. (So, I see you moved to .NET world too. I am glad I am in a good company :)).
>
>No,
>I just know SQL Server :-)

Then, before they put handcuffs on me for violating the forum etiquette <g>, quick question. In order to change the column in SQL Server from char to bit and not to lose the existing values, I would have to create a temp column to hold the values, right?