updating

I am having the same problem. Some told me that binding the control with the table should be sufficient, but it only works one way. Getting the data.

Is it Wndows Forms application or ASP?

Don't think you gave us enough info. You have a textbox on a form whose text value is derived from a database table. User changes the value in the textbox and pushes a save button, and that button is supposed to kick off an update of the database table using the textbox's new value. Then at some point you put up a messagebox and a value in it is derived from the textbox and that messagebox displays the original value? Well, you have to clarify what goes on between pressing save and displaying the messagebox, especially since your first sentence is that the problem is trying to update the database table. And why are you then displaying the textbox text in a messagebox?

I don't know why but I think Is not necessary call the ToString() method. Try this: this.txtname.text;