Enum Question

[George Durzi]

I have an enum defined as
public enum WineType
{
Bubbly,
Dessert,
Pink,
Red,
White
};

In the codebehind of a webform, I'm doing this:

switch ((WineType) drBottle["Type"])
{
// do something ...

drBottle["Type"] would come in as "Bubbly" or "Dessert", etc...

This compiles but I get an invalid Cast exception when the webform loads.

How do I cast this properly?

[Tu-Thach]

Use the Enum.Parse method

Tu-Thac
www.ongtech.co

----- George Durzi wrote: ----

I have an enum defined a
public enum WineTyp

Bubbly
Dessert
Pink
Red
Whit
}

In the codebehind of a webform, I'm doing this

switch ((WineType) drBottle["Type"]

// do something ..

drBottle["Type"] would come in as "Bubbly" or "Dessert", etc..

This compiles but I get an invalid Cast exception when the webform loads

How do I cast this properly

[George Durzi]

Thank you, that worked.

"Tu-Thach" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Use the Enum.Parse method.

Tu-Thach
www.ongtech.com

----- George Durzi wrote: -----

I have an enum defined as
public enum WineType
{
Bubbly,
Dessert,
Pink,
Red,
White
};

In the codebehind of a webform, I'm doing this:

switch ((WineType) drBottle["Type"])
{
// do something ...

drBottle["Type"] would come in as "Bubbly" or "Dessert", etc...

This compiles but I get an invalid Cast exception when the webform loads.
How do I cast this properly?