[Mono-list] Anyone Else Have Problems With MySQL TEXT Fields?

[Joe Audette]

Try using
DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"FieldName").ToString()

Joe

--- "David P. Donahue" <ddonahue at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

> I'm using the ByteFX connector to access a MySQL
> database from my ASP 
> .NET website on Mono.  Previously, I had run into a
> problem where my 
> DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "FieldName")
> calls would result in 
> an "Unknown target conversion type" error if the
> field in the database 
> was of type TEXT.  I was able to get around this at
> the time by using 
> CAST(FieldName AS CHAR) in the query.
> 
> However, it seems that the problem is still somewhat
> intermittent.  I 
> added a little more complication to the query (just
> a couple INNER JOINs 
> and WHERE clauses, nothing major) and the error is
> once again 
> persisting.  Has anyone dealt with this before and
> been able to work 
> around it?  Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> David P. Donahue
> ddonahue at ccs.neu.edu
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