I am having issues with filtering with the Like operand. If the data type of the column in my datagrid is a string it works perfectly but if it is a dateandtime or integer it will not work...gives generic EvaluateException referring to the datacolumn not being able to be evaluated. I understand that the Like statement is used on strings, booleans, and binary values. But there should be away for me to convert the data. Does it need to be converted in the stored procedure when the datagridview is loaded or can I do it in the vb code?

Here is my code:
Select Case cbSearch.SelectedIndex
            Case 0
                Me.PalletBindingSource.Filter = "PalletID like'" & txtSearch.Text & "%" & "'"
                If dgPallet.RowCount > 1 Then
                    Exit Sub
                Else
                    subBind()
                End If
            Case 1
                Me.PalletBindingSource.Filter = "ItemNum Like'" & txtSearch.Text & "%" & "'"
                If dgPallet.RowCount > 1 Then
                    Exit Sub
                Else
                    subBind()
                End If
            Case 2
                Me.PalletBindingSource.Filter = "EntryDt Like'" & txtSearch.Text & "%" & "'"
                If dgPallet.RowCount > 1 Then
                    Exit Sub
                Else
                    subBind()
                End If
        End Select

Case 1 works but Case 0 and 2 give me the error.

I have tried converting both txtSearch.Text & PalletID to strings but still errors out. Any ideas?

Thank you,
John Williams

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Thank you,
John Williams

You can filter a BindingSource integer or date column by using >= and/or <=

Example:

Me.PalletBindingSource.Filter = "PalletID >= " & txtSearch.Text


If you need to further filter your pallets you could add another textbox and try this:

Me.PalletBindingSource.Filter = "PalletID >= " & txtSearch.Text & " AND PalletID <= " & txtSearch2.text

The same would apply for date ranges.

Hopefully this helps.



Best Regards,
Earl Francis

Thank you! I will actually use that in the next part of my form but I found a solution to my question. I went in and change my stored procdure from:
select PalletID, a.ItemNum, Qty, EmpID, EntryDt
from dbo.pallet a inner join dbo.item b on a.itemnum = b.itemnum
where b.statuscode not in ('3','4')

To:

select Convert(char(8),PalletID) as PalletID, a.ItemNum, Qty, EmpID, Convert(Char(25),EntryDt, 120) as EntryDt
from dbo.pallet a inner join dbo.item b on a.itemnum = b.itemnum
where b.statuscode not in ('3','4')

Since it is being past in a char value I was able to use the Like statement against it.

Thanks again for the help!


Thank you,
John Williams