Question

i am using database with table RESUME and column PageIndex in it which type is number in database but when i want to store this PageIndex value to an integer i get exception error

Specified cast is not valid.

here is the code

string sql;
string conString = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; Data Source=D:\\Deliverable4.accdb";
protected OleDbConnection rMSConnection;
protected OleDbDataAdapter rMSDataAdapter;
protected DataSet dataSet;
protected DataTable dataTable;
protected DataRow dataRow;

on Button Click

sql = "select PageIndex from RESUME";
rMSConnection = new OleDbConnection(conString);
rMSDataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(sql, rMSConnection);
dataSet = new DataSet("pInDex");
rMSDataAdapter.Fill(dataSet, "RESUME");

dataTable = dataSet.Tables["RESUME"];

int pIndex =
(int)dataTable.Rows[0][0];

rMSConnection.Close();

if (pIndex == 0)
{            
    Response.Redirect("Create Resume-1.aspx");
}
else if (pIndex == 1)
{            
    Response.Redirect("Create Resume-2.aspx");
}
else if (pIndex == 2)
{          
        Response.Redirect("Create Resume-3.aspx");
    }
}

i am getting error in this line

int pIndex = (int)dataTable.Rows[0][0];

Answer 1

May I very humbly suggest a different way of doing this?:

string conString = "...";  // <-- your connection string

using (IDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection(conString))
{   // ^^^ interface type makes your code less dependent on a particular backend!
    connection.Open();
    try
    {
        using (IDbCommand command = connection.CreateCommand())
        {   // ^^^ ditto
            command.CommandText = "SELECT PageIndex FROM RESUME";
            object scalar = command.ExecuteScalar();
            // ^ ExecuteScalar reads the first value in the first column
            //   of the result set; or returns null if it fails to do so.

            if (scalar == null) throw ...;  // unexpected result from database!
            if (scalar == DBNull.Value) throw ...;  // ditto!?

            int pIndex = (int)scalar;

            switch (pIndex)
            {
                case 0:  Response.Redirect("Create Resume-1.aspx"); break;
                case 1:  Response.Redirect("Create Resume-2.aspx"); break;
                case 2:  Response.Redirect("Create Resume-3.aspx"); break;
                default: throw ...;  // unexpected result from database!?
            }
        }
    }
    finally
    {
        connection.Close();  // (will execute even when exceptions are thrown!)
    }
}