When is True not True?

When saving a boolean value to a Microsoft^® SQL Server 2000 database. In SQL Server 2000, boolean values are represented as data type "bit", with valid values of numeric 0 or 1. When building a SQL INSERT or UPDATE statement, we need to convert a value of TRUE or FALSE easily to a 1 or 0 respectively.

I have found the easiest way is to use the IIF command. Depending on your coding preferences, you should find one of the two choices below will work well for you:

Dim MySQLBoolean as string = IIF(MyBoolean, "1", "0")
or
Dim MySQLBoolean as integer = IIF(MyBoolean, 1, 0)

Compared to an IF-THEN-ELSE approach, I like the IIF approach since it delivers the desired result in a single line of code.Readabilityy in code is very important, but with all other things being equal, one line of code is generally more readable than five lines of code.

Joe Kunk