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

I want to make one more comment

If you are going to use casting: string name = (string)DataRowObject["name"] you will get an Exception: Unable to cast object of type 'System.DBNull' to type'System.String' in case if the record in the database table has null value.

In this scenario you have to use: string name = DataRowObject["name"].ToString() or

You have to check for null value like

if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(DataRowObject["name"].ToString()))
{
string name = (string)DataRowObject["name"];
}
else
{
//i.e Write error to the log file
string error = "The database table has a null value";

}