Hi Bonnie.
That sounds like what I require all right. I'll give it a go.
Many thanks for your reply.
Regards,
Gerard




>Hi Gerard,
>
>You will probably have success with using TryParse rather than Convert:
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>Dim x As Integer
>Integer.TryParse(rdrCount("CALLS").ToString, x)
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>The TryParse() method returns a boolean value, which you could also test. What I showed above will work just fine also. The integer x will be zero if it could not parse the string (so, if the string was null or empty).
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>I hope the online converter that I used worked correctly though. The integer parameter in the TryParse() method is an "out" parameter in C# ... the converters didn't translate that at all to VB code. But, anyway, see if that helps.
>
>~~Bonnie