From 0c07a1fc196b36ccd6ce12632418ed3803fb2b26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Cropp <simon.cropp@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 00:22:40 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] avoid tostring in SqlConnectionEncryptOptionConverter if we
 know value is a string

---
 .../Data/SqlClient/SqlConnectionEncryptOptionConverter.cs     | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SqlConnectionEncryptOptionConverter.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SqlConnectionEncryptOptionConverter.cs
index 0e22e6ce2e..3a7289e136 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SqlConnectionEncryptOptionConverter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SqlConnectionEncryptOptionConverter.cs
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ public override bool CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceTyp
         // Overrides the ConvertFrom method of TypeConverter.
         public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value)
         {
-            if (value is string)
+            if (value is string s)
             {
-                return SqlConnectionEncryptOption.Parse(value.ToString());
+                return SqlConnectionEncryptOption.Parse(s);
             }
             throw ADP.ConvertFailed(value.GetType(), typeof(SqlConnectionEncryptOption), null);
         }