This results in an invalid cast:

				objAttr = childNode.Attributes["level"];

				levelAccess = objAttr.Value.ToString();
				return (int)levelAccess;

It's odd, because the level attribute is, e.g.: 'level="1"'. The compiler
tells me "Cannot convert type 'string' to 'int'". Why?! :)

Wells Oliver
Web Applications Programmer
Leviton Voice & Data
xxx-xxx-xxxx
http://www.levitonvoicedata.com 

Oliver,

You can't cast a string to an integer. You need to use the Convert helper
class instead.

Using your code as an example,

return Convert.ToInt32(levelAccess);

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver, Wells [mailto:WOliver@l...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:59 PM
To: ASP.NET
Subject: [aspx] Casting an XML attribute as an int?


This results in an invalid cast:

				objAttr = childNode.Attributes["level"];

				levelAccess = objAttr.Value.ToString();
				return (int)levelAccess;

It's odd, because the level attribute is, e.g.: 'level="1"'. The compiler
tells me "Cannot convert type 'string' to 'int'". Why?! :)

Wells Oliver
Web Applications Programmer
Leviton Voice & Data
xxx-xxx-xxxx
http://www.levitonvoicedata.com


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