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Question

Here is a code that retrieve values from the database, but my problem is that it throws out an exception saying "InvalidCastException was unhandled specified cast is not valid". I am now confused what went wrong, The code and the table stated below.
Here is the code:
Public connstring As String = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0; Data Source =" & Application.StartupPath &
"\TestData.accdb; Persist Security info = false"
Public Conn As New OleDbConnection
Private Sub TestForm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Loard
Conn.ConnectionString = connstring
Conn.Open()
LoadValue( )
End Sub
Private Sub LoadValue( )
Dim i As Integer
Dim cmd As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand
With cmd
.CommandText = "SELECT MAX(Guard_ID) FROM Guard"
.CommandType = CommandType.Text
.Connection = Conn
.ExecuteNonQuery()
Dim reader As OleDbDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader
If reader.Read Then
TextBox1.Text = reader.GetString(0)
i = TextBox1.Text + 1
TextBox1.Text = i
reader.Close()
End If
End With
End Sub
The table reference:
Exception Error:
I am really confused now on why the code does not work, any help and advice will be gladly accepted. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

try this,
Private Sub LoadValue()
Dim i As Integer
Dim cmd As OleDbCommand = New OleDbCommand
With cmd
.CommandText = "SELECT MAX(Guard_ID) FROM Guard"
.CommandType = CommandType.Text
.Connection = Conn
.ExecuteNonQuery()
Dim reader As OleDbDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader
If reader.Read Then
Dim tmpVal As Object = reader.Item(0)
TextBox1.Text = IIf(IsDBNull(tmpVal), "0", tmpVal.ToString())
i = CInt(TextBox1.Text) + 1
TextBox1.Text = i.ToString()
reader.Close()
End If
End With
End Sub