What exactly does this statement mean?

[gecko]

Hi everyone,

I just started out with VB.NET as well as ASP.NET. I'm going through some codes and don't really understand the following:

Dim abc As String

abc = objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery().ToString()

--- I think I know what 'objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery' is for. And I know what 'ToString' means. But put them together and I get confused.

I know that eventually "something" is cast into type String and assigned to abc. So what is this "something"?

Thanks in advance for your help...

[r035198x]

ExecuteNonQuery returns the number of rows affected as an integer. For that value to be stored into the String variable abc, it needs to be converted from int to a string using the ToString method.

[gecko]

ExecuteNonQuery returns the number of rows affected as an integer. For that value to be stored into the String variable abc, it needs to be converted from int to a string using the ToString method.

I see! Thanks a lot!