Question

considering the following enum:

public enum LeadStatus 
{ 
    Cold = 1, 
    Warm = 2, 
    Hot = 3, 
    Quote = 5, 
    Convert = 6 
} 

How can I convert the integer value back to string when I pull the value from a database. I’ve tried:

DomainModel.LeadStatus status = (DomainModel.LeadStatus)Model.Status;

but all I seem to get is “status = 0”

Answer 1

An enumeration in C# is used to provide names for some known values but ANY integer value is permissible in that enumeration, whether it has a named equivalent or not.

In your example, you have not named a zero value, but your status variable initialises to zero. I suspect that it has not changed from this initial value at the point you read it. Therefore, it’s string representation is also 0 and you will parse out zero when you parse it.