convert string to bool while fetching data from database

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SQL-Server-2008R2

my database table is

SQL

create table tasktodo(Id int identity(1,1) not null, Done bit,Texts nvarchar(max),Dates date)

i wrote a code to get the data from database in c#

C#

public List<TaskToDoList> GetTaskToDo()
        {
            var Obj = DBHelper.GetDBObject();
            reader = Obj.ExecuteReader(CommandType.StoredProcedure, "GetTaskToDoList");
            var tasktodo = new List<TaskToDoList>();
            while(reader.Read())
            {
                tasktodo.Add(
                    new TaskToDoList
                    {
                        
                    Id =GetInteger("Id"),
                    Done=Convert.ToBoolean("Done"),
                    Text=GetString("Text"),
                    Date =reader["Date"] ==DBNull.Value ? DateTime.MinValue : Convert.ToDateTime(reader["Date"])            
                    });
            }
            return tasktodo;
        }

my model

C#

namespace SampleMVCApplication.Models
{
    public class TaskToDoList
    {

        public int Id { get; set; }

        public bool Done { get; set; }

        public string Text { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.Date)]
        public DateTime Date { get; set; }
    }
}

it is showing an error "String was not recognized as a valid Boolean"

how to solve this

Posted 28-Jul-15 16:01pm

chatarji

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chatarji · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-28T16:47:00

I got the answer

C#

public List<tasktodolist> GetTaskToDo()
      {
          var Obj = DBHelper.GetDBObject();
          reader = Obj.ExecuteReader(CommandType.StoredProcedure, "GetTaskToDoList");
          var tasktodo = new List<tasktodolist>();
          while(reader.Read())
          {
              tasktodo.Add(
                  new TaskToDoList
                  {

                  Id =GetInteger("Id"),
                  Done=Convert.ToBoolean( reader["Done"]),
                  Text=GetString("Texts"),
                  Date =reader["Dates"] ==DBNull.Value ? DateTime.MinValue : Convert.ToDateTime(reader["Dates"])
                  });
          }
          return tasktodo;
      }</tasktodolist></tasktodolist>