How to update datatype of column in a dataview

Question

i have a below function in which the variable dataCollection hold the dataview having some datas. i need to change the column "AllDay" in the dataCollection from string datatype to boolean data type.

public override void FetchData(IEnumerable data)
        {
                foreach (DataRowView ds in data)
                {
                    if ((ds.Row["AllDay"].Equals("false")))
                        ds.Row["AllDay"] = false;
                    else if ((ds.Row["AllDay"].Equals("true")))
                        ds.Row["AllDay"] = true;
                }
        }

But it does not works.please help me resolve this. thanks in advance...

I think we need to see the code that generates `data` to be able to answer — MiMo, Sep 05 '14 at 18:46
data is from asp:xmldatasource..... i get those data from XML file — user2877778, Sep 09 '14 at 09:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '14 at 13:50

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I don't think it is possible. XmlDataSource does not have a mechanism to declare the type of specific attributes or elements in the XML, hence everything will be a string .

answered Sep 09 '14 at 13:50

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