Convert.ToDateT ime

[simon]

I have datetime variable:

Datetime tsEndTime;

Should I use (DateTime):
tsEndTime=(Date Time)rdr.GetVal ue(15)

or is better to use:

tsEndTime=Conve rt.ToDateTime(r dr.GetValue(15) )

What is the difference?

Thanks,S

[Octavio Hernandez]

Simon,

I think you should use:

tsEndTime = rdr.GetDateTime (15); // no cast or conversion necessary

Of the two versions you mention, the first

tsEndTime=(Date Time) rdr.GetValue(15 );

is more efficient, as the cast does not incur the penalty of the
(unnecessary) call to Convert.ToDateT ime in the second version.

Regards - Octavio
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I have datetime variable:

Datetime tsEndTime;

Should I use (DateTime):
tsEndTime=(Date Time)rdr.GetVal ue(15)

or is better to use:

tsEndTime=Conve rt.ToDateTime(r dr.GetValue(15) )

What is the difference?

Thanks,S

[Mark Rae]

"Octavio Hernandez" <do****@danysof t.com> wrote in message
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Since you're already referring to the column in question by its ordinal
number within the field collection, I'd use:
tsEndTime = rdr.GetDateTime (15);

[simon]

Octavio,

thank you for your answer.

When I use =(DateTime) rdr.GetValue(15 ), it's not always the right result.
For example: If my stored procedure returns time: '14:20:00' then this cast
will return error.
If I use convert then it returns me dateTime format.

Another example:

My stored procedure returns small int for example 0.

If I use:

int16 varI;

varI=(int16)rdr .GetValue(10) I get an error.

If I use:

varI=convert.to Int16(rdr.GetVa lue(10)) then it works.

So, I decided that I use everywhere convert function, unless at string data.

Do you know maybe, why this difference?

Regards,S
"Octavio Hernandez" <do****@danysof t.com> wrote in message
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Simon,

I think you should use:

tsEndTime = rdr.GetDateTime (15); // no cast or conversion necessary

Of the two versions you mention, the first

tsEndTime=(Date Time) rdr.GetValue(15 );

is more efficient, as the cast does not incur the penalty of the
(unnecessary) call to Convert.ToDateT ime in the second version.

Regards - Octavio
"simon" <si*********@iw are.si> escribió en el mensaje
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I have datetime variable:

Datetime tsEndTime;

Should I use (DateTime):
tsEndTime=(Date Time)rdr.GetVal ue(15)

or is better to use:

tsEndTime=Conve rt.ToDateTime(r dr.GetValue(15) )

What is the difference?

Thanks,S

[Jianwei Sun]

I believe when you do a cast, it's just reinterpret the "binary value"
into the other type, so if it's invalid, it may throw an exception.

But in "Convert" operation, it probably is doing more than one case
under the covers. It could do something which cannot be casted directly.

So, I believe the Convert is more safe, while the case is more efficient.

HTH

simon wrote:

Octavio,

thank you for your answer.

When I use =(DateTime) rdr.GetValue(15 ), it's not always the right result.
For example: If my stored procedure returns time: '14:20:00' then this cast
will return error.
If I use convert then it returns me dateTime format.

Another example:

My stored procedure returns small int for example 0.

If I use:

int16 varI;

varI=(int16)rdr .GetValue(10) I get an error.

If I use:

varI=convert.to Int16(rdr.GetVa lue(10)) then it works.

So, I decided that I use everywhere convert function, unless at string data.

Do you know maybe, why this difference?

Regards,S
"Octavio Hernandez" <do****@danysof t.com> wrote in message
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Simon,

I think you should use:

tsEndTime = rdr.GetDateTime (15); // no cast or conversion necessary

Of the two versions you mention, the first

tsEndTime=(Date Time) rdr.GetValue(15 );

is more efficient, as the cast does not incur the penalty of the
(unnecessar y) call to Convert.ToDateT ime in the second version.

Regards - Octavio
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I have datetime variable:

Datetime tsEndTime;

Should I use (DateTime):
tsEndTime=(D ateTime)rdr.Get Value(15)

or is better to use:

tsEndTime=Co nvert.ToDateTim e(rdr.GetValue( 15))

What is the difference?

Thanks,S

[Octavio Hernandez]

Simon,

a) Writing rdr.GetValue(15 ) is the same as writing rdr[15] - at runtime,
this may be a string, a DateTime or an int, but at compile time you have an
Object, and you will need the cast (or the conversion) in order for the code
to compile.

b) If you know that the 16th field is a DateTime, you can use
rdr.GetDateTime (15) which returns directly a DateTime (no cast or conversion
necessary).

c) Does your stored procedure produce in the 16th field a SQL Server
DATETIME, or a string which represents a date (and/or a time)? If it is a
string, then the cast to (DateTime) will fail (because the object is a
string, not a DateTime); the call to Convert.ToDateT ime() will succeed,
provided that the string really contains the representation of a date/time.

d) Regarding the Int16, if the SP returns a small int the following code:

Int16 varI = rdr.GetInt16(10 );

should work.

In general, when using data readers I prefer to rely on the specific methods
(GetInt16, GetDateTime, etc.) whenever I know the structure of the data at
hand. Only if writing some kind of "generic" read I use GetValue():

Regarding the Convert class, I avoid using it and generally succeed on that.
It reminds me of the times of VB6 and the abuse of conversions between
types. But that's only a personal opinion.

Regards - Octavio

"simon" <si*********@iw are.si> escribió en el mensaje
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Octavio,

thank you for your answer.

When I use =(DateTime) rdr.GetValue(15 ), it's not always the right result.
For example: If my stored procedure returns time: '14:20:00' then this
cast will return error.
If I use convert then it returns me dateTime format.

Another example:

My stored procedure returns small int for example 0.

If I use:

int16 varI;

varI=(int16)rdr .GetValue(10) I get an error.

If I use:

varI=convert.to Int16(rdr.GetVa lue(10)) then it works.

So, I decided that I use everywhere convert function, unless at string
data.

Do you know maybe, why this difference?

Regards,S
"Octavio Hernandez" <do****@danysof t.com> wrote in message
news:eO******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

Simon,

I think you should use:

tsEndTime = rdr.GetDateTime (15); // no cast or conversion necessary

Of the two versions you mention, the first

tsEndTime=(Date Time) rdr.GetValue(15 );

is more efficient, as the cast does not incur the penalty of the
(unnecessary) call to Convert.ToDateT ime in the second version.

Regards - Octavio
"simon" <si*********@iw are.si> escribió en el mensaje
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I have datetime variable:

Datetime tsEndTime;

Should I use (DateTime):
tsEndTime=(Date Time)rdr.GetVal ue(15)

or is better to use:

tsEndTime=Conve rt.ToDateTime(r dr.GetValue(15) )

What is the difference?

Thanks,S