SqlDataReader : I need to assign retrieved value to C++ variable

SqlDataReader : I need to assign retrieved value to C++ variable

ADO.NET in C++
SqlDataReader

I can get the following to work, the result displaying on the screen:

Console::WriteLine(myReader->GetSqlValue(3));

What I really need to do is to assign the item retrieved to a C++ variable eg.

int halfhrSQL = myReader->GetSqlValue(3);

This gives the C2440 compile error: cannot convert from 'System::Object __gc *' to 'int'.

No matter what cast I use, I cannot get around the error.

Please help if you can.

Thanks, Doug (New Zealand)