Totaaly confused newbie - please be kind

I am attempting to show or not show some text on a web page based upon a row count in and MSSQL table. The SELECT statment returns some value where one column contains "DISPLAY" or not. This id the number of rows containing "DISPLAY" are zero I DO NOT wish to display the content.

SO what I cam up with is -

<form>
<asp:SqlDataSource id="SqlDataSource5" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:xyzDB %>" SelectCommand="SELECT COUNT(xEmerStatus) FROM xyzTABLE WHERE xEmerStatus = 'DISPLAY'">
</asp:SqlDataSource>

<asp:DataList id="DataList5" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource5">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label id="Column1Label" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("Column1") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:DataList>

<%
If DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Column1") = 0 Then
%>
display code here
<%
End If
%>

</form>

Thus the question is how can I change the returned value to an integer and "test" is againt the zero ?

MANY THANKS for your assiatance.

First, determine the value that actually exists in the statement "DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Column1")"

I doubt that it returns 0. Might be True/False even

Well I know the SELECT returns a zero (0).Not sure how to show what this code is returning however.

In your WHERE SQL Statement. NOT = 0 (Might be FALSE)

That will return the TRUE ones