Casting vs Converting an object toString, when object really is a string

Question

This isn\'t really an issue, however I am curious. When I save a string in lets say an DataRow, it is cast to Object. When I want to use it, I have to cast it ToString. As f

Answer 1

Basically in your case it is better to leave type cast because .ToString() may hide bugs. For example, your data base schema changed and name is no longer of string type but with .ToString() your code still works. So in this case it is better to use type cast.

Here is implementation of String.ToString() - nothing special =)

public override string ToString()
{
    return this;
}