Bonnie,
This is exactly the syntax I tried but I got compilor error. The error say something like "cannot cast string to integer" which is what the (int) syntax is for. But there has to be a way, I think.
Thank you.
>Dmitry,
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>I haven't used a DataReader, so I'm not 100% sure, but I wouldn't imagine it would be any different than anything else. Try leaving off the ToString() and casting it to int:
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>int MyField = (int)drMyTable["fld_name"];
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>~~Bonnie
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>>I was wondering, how do you get an int type field from a data reader.
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>>For example, I can get a string type field (or int type) from a data reader (e.g. drMyTable) as a string:
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>>string MyField = drMyTable["fld_name"].ToString();
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>>But if the field "fld_name" is INT, do I have to still get it as a string and then convert to INT? Is there a way to do it right from the dr?
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>>TIA.
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