I'm having trouble understanding what's happening in this code:
Lock.Value = reader("Some_SQL_Value_Here") > approval
What's really confusing me is the greater than sign.
Does the Lock.Value get assigned the greater value?
does something else happen?
This part:
reader("Some_SQL_Value_Here") > approval
is a Boolean expression. It evaluates to either True or False. It is that Boolean value that is assigned to the property. It's akin to this:
Lock.Value = reader("Some_SQL_Value_Here") + approval
Would you be confused by an expression containing an operator evaluating to a value and that value being assigned in this case? I would think not. Your original code is basically the same, except a magnitude comparison evaluates to a Boolean where an addition evaluates to a number.