Hello All,

I have a dataset with a table. I want to perform a calculation on the column age which is a single. So I thought simple, just do something like this :

 Single  age =(MyTable.Rows[0]["age"]);

Doing this I get an error : cannot implicitly convert type object to float. I checked the type of MyTable.Rows[0]["age"].GetType() and gives System.Single.

My question why do I have to convert it? The type is right? I don't understand, could someone shed some light on it?

Thank you.