How to get an integer value (int) from an enum in C#?

Hello everyone! I just started learning C# and encountered this problem. I have an enum that contains several order statuses: ```csharp enum OrderStatus { New = 1, Processing = 2, Shipped = 3, Delivered = 4, Cancelled = 5 } ``` I need to save the status value to a database as an integer (int). For example, if the status is "Processing", I want to get the number 2. I tried simply assigning the enum variable to an int, but the compiler complains about implicit conversion: ```csharp OrderStatus status = OrderStatus.Processing; int statusValue = status; // Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'OrderStatus' to 'int' ``` Please advise how to properly convert an enum to int? Are there different ways? And what to do if the enum has a different base type?