You're welcome, Gerard. Don't worry, we all had to start from scratch at some point!! =)

~~Bonnie


>Hi Bonnie..
>Thanks again for your reply
>.. I will get the hang of this dor net stuff some day !!
>
>Regards,
>
>Gerard
>
>
>
>>Gerard,
>>
>>DataRow columns are objects. You need to cast it to an int before you attempt to add to it.
>>

>>dr["num_nexta"] = (int)dr["num_nexta"] + 1;
>>

>>
>>~~Bonnie
>>
>>
>>>Hi.
>>>I am trying to add 1 to a datarow field as follows:
>>>
>>>dr["num_nexta"] = dr["num_nexta"] + 1;
>>>
>>>.. it comes up with an eror : Operator + cannot be applied to operannds of type object and int
>>>
>>>however :
>>>
>>>dr["num_nexta"] = 123 is ok.
>>>
>>>Anybody know what I am doing wrong ?
>>>
>>>regards,
>>>
>>>Gerard