VB.NET Overload with just different out put types

Question

User1449393024 posted

Hi there.

I want to know if this is possible to have overloads of a function with just different output Types?

for example:

Function Test(a as integer) as integer

Function Test(a as integer) as string

Answer 1

User-1360095595 posted

No. An overload cannot just be different in return type. 

Answer 2

User1449393024 posted

So what I should do?

I have a function which returns the result of a single field of a query.

It cant be a string or date or integer or float.

what to do?

Answer 3

User-691245060 posted

Addition to MetalASP.NEt Answer - 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1481137/really-impossible-to-use-return-type-overloading

thanks,