Gerard,

The comparison operator is ==, rather than =.

~~Bonnie



>Hi.
>have the following code:
>string MyNum
>MyNum = drN["num_prev"].ToString();
>.....num_prev is a character type field in a table, length 2
>
>if ( MyNum3.Substr(2,1) = "Z") .. gives a Cannot Implicitly convert a type 'string' to 'bool'
>
>Anybody any ideas of whats wrong here.
>
>regards,
>Gerard