Comments on: How do you convert your bool to a bit (1 or 0) value?

By: GP

GP — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:02:44 +0000

Here’s something I use-

bool boolvariable = args.Length > 0 ? int.TryParse(args[0], out outnum) ? Convert.ToBoolean(Convert.ToByte(args[0])) : Convert.ToBoolean(args[0]) : true;

By: Igor

Igor — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:07:55 +0000

byte /*or int*/ v = 1;
bool b = Convert.ToBoolean(v);

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:24:56 +0000

Quite correct young man when dealing with a DB, however this scenario was not the impetus for such an article.

By: gerrod

gerrod — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:09:48 +0000

It depends on why you’re doing the conversion.

If it’s simply to pass in to a byte field in the database, you can just pass it as a boolean and let the framework handle the conversion for you. Not sure how this works with a nullable bool and a NULL DB field, though…

But in general I think I’d go with the Convert.ToByte as well; that’s my usual fallback when there is no implicit (/explicit) cast operator defined.