How come this statement is false?

How come the following statement isn't true? Where the value of drDataRow.Item("CG_VEND_NBR") is 2 {long}???????

If DirectCast(drDataRow.Item("CG_VEND_NBR"), System.Int64) = 2 Then
' Do something
End If

my guess (even though I dont know what this code is or does) is that just because

drDataRow.Item("CG_VEND_NBR") = 2

doesn't mean that

DirectCast(drDataRow.Item("CG_VEND_NBR"), System.Int64) = 2

try debuging to see what the value is when you do

DirectCast(drDataRow.Item("CG_VEND_NBR"), System.Int64)

and see what the value is

I checked it, it's 2 {long} still. Thanks for the input though.

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Originally posted by SeanGrebey
I checked it, it's 2 {long} still. Thanks for the input though.

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Bit wise they are not the same.... DirectCast your 2 to a Int64 and see if yo uthen get the desired results.

TG

Bizarre, I have a break point here, and I did an evaluate on the : DirectCast(drDataRow.Item("CG_VEND_NBR"), System.Int64) = 2 part, and it evaluates to true, but it doesn't step into the loop. I don't get it.

If DirectCast(drDataRow.Item("CG_VEND_NBR"), System.Int64) = 2 Then
' Do something
End If

Sean,

If I were coding this, I would declare a constant of type Int64 and assign it the value "2" and then compare your DirectCast value to that.

John