Importing Excel data into SQL Server using ASP.NET MVC

Question

I wish to import Excel data into a SQL Server table. The field values are EmpId (int), Name (varchar), Dept_Id (int), isSupervisor (bit). I am using ASP.NET MVC.

The code shown here is what I have tried so far:

private final GetEmployeeFromExcelRow(DataRow row)
{
    return new final
            {
                EmpId = int.Parse(row[0].ToString()),
                Name = row[1].ToString(),
                Dept_Id = int.Parse(row[2].ToString()),
                isSupervisor = Convert.ToBoolean(row[3].ToString())
            };
}

I keep getting an error

String was not recognized as a valid Boolean.

I have tried inserting values as "True", True and well as 1. I am new to coding in ASP.NET MVC and this is my first question posted here, any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

That is because

 Convert.ToBoolean() will expect only `True` or `False`.

These are the scenarios on the boolean.

 "True" (String) = true
 "False" (String) = false
 "0" (String) = false