Thread: String Conversion

I am currently trying to convert a string that resides in a _bstr_t variable vFieldDate into a char array. I have found that I can type cast this via the (char *) with a variable I named holder which is a pointer to a char. The issue I am having a hard time solving is how to convert this to a char that can be stored within the char Date[ARR]. When I attempt the following code I get the compilation error "Cannot Convert From Char * to Char. How do I extract the value that resides in the holder location and save it into the array?

Date[cyc] = holder;

The below portions of code are a part of an ADO program that is accessing data from a database.

Code:

char Date[ARR]     = {};
_bstr_t                vFieldDate;
vFieldDate           = rec->Fields->GetItem("Date")->Value;
char *holder        = (char*)vFieldDate;

You can't copy to a char array using =.

I've never worked with BSTR, but based on what I just read in MSDN library I think you should be able to use strcpy:

Code:

#include <cstring>
//...
strcpy( Date, holder );

R.Stiltskin

Excellent! It works great. Thank you for your help.