Question

I have this query.

  levelnumber = (from b in bv.baLevels
                 where b.ba_Level_Code == ("0" + SqlFunctions.StringConvert((double)cl.Level_Num.Value)) && b.isActive == 1
                 select (b.ba_Level_Code + " - " + b.ba_Level_Desc)).FirstOrDefault(),

My Problem is b.ba_Level_Code is string.

cl.Level_Num is Int.

baLevels table I have this ba_Level_code value has 008

but cl is the BaCodeLibrary table this cl.Level_Num has 8

if I do the query with hardcoded value

 levelnumber = (from b in bv.baLevels
                where b.ba_Level_Code == "008" && b.isActive == 1
                select (b.ba_Level_Code + " - " + b.ba_Level_Desc)).FirstOrDefault(),

how to display 008? cl.Level_Num I am getting has 8. I need to change that value to 008.

Thanks

Answer 1

You could use string.Format to specify that your `cl.Level_Num’ is converted to a string with a minimum number of digits:

string.Format("{0:D3}", cl.Level_Num.Value) // would ouput "008" value 8

Thus:

levelnumber = (from b in bv.baLevels
               where b.ba_Level_Code == string.Format("{0:D3}", cl.Level_Num.Value) && b.isActive == 1
               select (b.ba_Level_Code + " - " + b.ba_Level_Desc)).FirstOrDefault()