I am getting a option strict error on the following code from exercise 1 of chapter 2:

lbRead.Items.Add(objDataRow.Item("FirstName") & " " & objDataRow.Item("LastName"))

says option strict prohibits operands of type object for operation '&'

any idea why this would be happening?
thanks in advance

Try changing the code to:

lbRead.Items.Add(objDataRow.Item("FirstName").ToSt ring & " " & objDataRow.Item("LastName").ToString)

Thearon

Thanks that worked.