Converting a Guid to a string

[Eagle]

How do I convert a Guid to a string? I am trying to retrieve a value from a
dataview into a string variable:

CurrentValue = drv(strColumn)

and it works fine until the strColumn is a guid column, then I tried this:

Current Value = CType(drv(strColumn), String)

and I get an error that the cast is not valid.

Thanks very much for your help.

[Craig Deelsnyder]

On Tue, 10 May 2005 11:53:06 -0500, Eagle <ea*************@yahoo.com>
wrote:

How do I convert a Guid to a string? I am trying to retrieve a value
from a
dataview into a string variable:

CurrentValue = drv(strColumn)

and it works fine until the strColumn is a guid column, then I tried
this:

Current Value = CType(drv(strColumn), String)

and I get an error that the cast is not valid.

Thanks very much for your help.

There's not a direct cast possible there (even tho you know a GUID has a
string representation)...cast it to a Guid first, then do a ToString() on
it:

CType(drv(strColumn), Guid).ToString()

--
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET

[Marina]

No need to cast it to a guid first. Just call ToString() on it.

Also, turning Option Strict On would catch these types of problems during
compile time, as opposed to run time.

"Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@no_spam_4_meyahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 May 2005 11:53:06 -0500, Eagle <ea*************@yahoo.com>
wrote:

How do I convert a Guid to a string? I am trying to retrieve a value
from a
dataview into a string variable:

CurrentValue = drv(strColumn)

and it works fine until the strColumn is a guid column, then I tried
this:

Current Value = CType(drv(strColumn), String)

and I get an error that the cast is not valid.

Thanks very much for your help.

There's not a direct cast possible there (even tho you know a GUID has a
string representation)...cast it to a Guid first, then do a ToString() on
it:

CType(drv(strColumn), Guid).ToString()

--
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET

[Eagle]

Thanks everyone! It now works!
"Eagle" <ea*************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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How do I convert a Guid to a string? I am trying to retrieve a value from a dataview into a string variable:

CurrentValue = drv(strColumn)

and it works fine until the strColumn is a guid column, then I tried this:

Current Value = CType(drv(strColumn), String)

and I get an error that the cast is not valid.

Thanks very much for your help.