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Hello,
Please advise about Option Strict:

Dim ProxyCMD As New OleDb.OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM Proxy", MyConnection)
Dim ProxyDBR As OleDbDataReader = ProxyCMD.ExecuteReader
ProxyDBR.Read()

Now my gathered data:

ProxyDBR("DataField1")

It can be either boolean or integer!

To conform with Option Strict, you advise which method?

Convert.ToInt32/ToBoolean(ProxyDBR("DataField1").ToString)

Convert.ToInt32/ToBoolean(ProxyDBR("DataField1"))

I mean because ProxyDBR("DataField1") is As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataReader, shall I convert it .ToString first and then convert to Boolean or Integer or .ToString is not needed?

Answer 1

Hi @OSVBNET ,
option strict on does not allow late binding, it only affects implicit conversion, and has no effect on display conversion.
So toString() is not required if the data is legal.
Best Regards.
Jiachen Li

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