>>UPDATE. Never mind, figured out.
>>
>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>In the immediate window I see the following:
>>
>>tParameters[tcParameterName]
>>"12000007899.456"
>>tParameters[tcParameterName].ToInt64()
>>0
>>
>>Why would ToInt64 return 0 for that value and not the actual value? How can I make it always return the value?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>
>Guess you're using an extension method. But IAC you can't convert a 'decimal' string to int so you hiding an exception somewhere. Needs two stages:
>

var i = Convert.ToInt64( Convert.ToDouble("12000007899.456"));
> // i = 12000007899

Right, had to do it through another method and use invariantculture in the first call.