Add a new DataTable column with type "Integer"?

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I have a dataview, and I am trying to "clone" its structure only in part, by creating a new table via code. I cut out most of the columns, so this is easier to read. My question is - Why does this always seem to add things a a string?

Later in my code, I try to sort based on "View_Order ", but it acts like a string. The values sort as 1,2,20,21,22,3, 4, NOT 1,2,3,4,20,21,2 2 like it should.

Using Cint() while moving the values from table to table didn't work for me... and the boolean becomes text as well. Is the problem in this code, or would it be elsewhere?

    Private Function ConvertTable(ByVal ds As DataSet, ByVal TableName As String, Byval WHEREexpression As String, Byval  SORTexpression As String) As DataTable
        'For Schedule Tasks, convert all "dates+times" to "dates only" as strings
 
        Dim dv As DataView = GetViewTable(ds.Tables(TableName), WHEREexppression, SORTexpression)
        Dim dt As New DataTable
 
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Task", GetType(String)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("View_Order", System.Type.GetType("System.Int64")))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Completed", GetType(Boolean)))
 
        For i = 0 To dv.Table.Rows.Count - 1
            dt.Rows.Add()
 
            dt.Rows(i).Item("Task") = dv.Table.Rows(i).Item("Task").ToString
 
            dt.Rows(i).Item("View_Order") = CInt(dv.Table.Rows(i).Item("View_Order").ToString)
            Try
                dt.Rows(i).Item("Completed") = dv.Table.Rows(i).Item("Completed")
            Catch ex As Exception
            End Try
        Next i
 
        Return dt
    End Function
 

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Nevermind... I found the solution. The problem was that eveything had already been converted to strings before I ran the function.