Help: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Int32' to type 'System.String'.

[keithb]

What could be causing this?

this code:

String Com = "";
if (Com != (String)rw.ItemArray[0])

fails at runtime with the error message: Unable to cast object of type
'System.Int32' to type 'System.String'.

this code, in a different class runs without error:
String Env = "";
if (Env != (String)rw.ItemArray[0])

Both rw.ItemArray[0] elements are int32 datatypes, both are populated with
the same numerical value

Thanks,

Keith

[Onwuka Emeka]

To be on the safe side you can change to :
if(Com != Convert.ToString(rw.ItemArray[0]))

"keithb" <kb******@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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What could be causing this?

this code:

String Com = "";
if (Com != (String)rw.ItemArray[0])

fails at runtime with the error message: Unable to cast object of type
'System.Int32' to type 'System.String'.

this code, in a different class runs without error:
String Env = "";
if (Env != (String)rw.ItemArray[0])

Both rw.ItemArray[0] elements are int32 datatypes, both are populated with
the same numerical value

Thanks,

Keith

[MSDN]

Onwuka,

Please explain "on the safe side".

Thank you,

SA

"Onwuka Emeka" <bu******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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To be on the safe side you can change to :
if(Com != Convert.ToString(rw.ItemArray[0]))

"keithb" <kb******@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

What could be causing this?

this code:

String Com = "";
if (Com != (String)rw.ItemArray[0])

fails at runtime with the error message: Unable to cast object of type
'System.Int32' to type 'System.String'.

this code, in a different class runs without error:
String Env = "";
if (Env != (String)rw.ItemArray[0])

Both rw.ItemArray[0] elements are int32 datatypes, both are populated
with the same numerical value

Thanks,

Keith

[Göran Andersson]

You can never cast an int to a string. You can only cast an object to
it's actual type or any type that it inherits.

Use the ToString method to convert an int to a string.

Your code doesn't make sense, though. The string representation of an
int could never be equal to an empty string.

keithb wrote:

What could be causing this?

this code:

String Com = "";
if (Com != (String)rw.ItemArray[0])

fails at runtime with the error message: Unable to cast object of type
'System.Int32' to type 'System.String'.

this code, in a different class runs without error:
String Env = "";
if (Env != (String)rw.ItemArray[0])

Both rw.ItemArray[0] elements are int32 datatypes, both are populated with
the same numerical value

Thanks,

Keith