data value of a data table column

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Hello,
I have an SQL database with 2 data tables. One Table has a column which is of type int. The value of that column will be 1, 2, 3 or 4. In my application these numbers have different meanings like

1 - "Started"
4 - "End"
2- "Paused"
3 - "Restart"

Currently i am reading the column value as 1,2,3 etc and converting to respective strings. Say for example if i get column value as 1, i am comparing and converting it as "Started".

Is there any way to display the data same as 1,2,3 or 4 in data table and while retrieving, get the output as string like "Started" or "paused" ? Then i can avoid comparing the integers and getting respective strings pragmatically.

Posted 5-Jan-12 23:37pm

code4Better

Updated 5-Jan-12 23:45pm

Mehdi Gholam

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Accessing Value from System.Data.DataTable : Tip[^]

Posted 5-Jan-12 23:41pm

prakash00060

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code4Better 6-Jan-12 5:47am

Your solution is just accessing data from a data table. My question is different from it

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Tushar22Patel · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-05T23:57:00

Solution 2

hi
use case statement in select query.

Select status = case when 1 then 'Started' when 4 then 'end' when 2 then 'Pushed' when 3 then 'Restart' end

Posted 5-Jan-12 23:57pm

Tushar22Patel

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code4Better 6-Jan-12 7:02am

Thanks Tushar, 'case' works 4 me.
In combo box we can have display member and value member. Is there any such option for data table columns??