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Cannot implicitly convert type string to Boolean

Cannot implicitly convert type string to Boolean

Ramco Ramco

5yAsked Jun 5, 2021, 7:40 AM1k.NET

In Sql i have Bit DataType.

In Class i have written like below :-

[Display(Name = "Active")]

public bool IsActive { get; set; }

while (rdr.Read())

{

objLocation.Add(new Location

{

Id = rdr["Id"].ToString(),

Description = rdr["Description"].ToString(),

IsActive = rdr["IsActive"].ToString(),

});

}

Thanks

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Rajanikant Hawaldar5y ago
Accepted answer
1. IsActive = Convert.ToBoolean(rdr["IsActive"]),

if you convert a boolean to a string it means true/ false in string ,

so the line

will assign IsActive="true" ; which is incorrect type conversion cause IsActive property is bool in your class.

The above conversion is correct.

Now in the view if you do the following