Read boolean values from DB?

Question

In C#, using SqlDataReader, is there a way to read a boolean value from the DB?

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Answer 1

How about this?

deleteExisting = (reader["delete_existing"] as int?) == 1;

Boolean is probably the easist type to convert something to. Here's the 'Y', 'N' version:

deleteExisting = string.Equals(reader["delete_existing"] as string, "Y", StringComparision.OrdinalIgnoreCase);