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Read column values as C# types using the Get methods
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using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
class StronglyTypedColumnValues
{
public static void Main()
{
SqlConnection mySqlConnection =new SqlConnection("server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS;database=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI;");
SqlCommand mySqlCommand = mySqlConnection.CreateCommand();
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "SELECT TOP 5 ProductID, ProductName, UnitPrice, " +
"UnitsInStock, Discontinued " +
"FROM Products " +
"ORDER BY ProductID";
mySqlConnection.Open();
SqlDataReader productsSqlDataReader = mySqlCommand.ExecuteReader();
int productIDColPos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("ProductID");
int productNameColPos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("ProductName");
int unitPriceColPos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("UnitPrice");
int unitsInStockColPos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("UnitsInStock");
int discontinuedColPos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("Discontinued");
Console.WriteLine("ProductID .NET type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetFieldType(productIDColPos));
Console.WriteLine("ProductName .NET type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetFieldType(productNameColPos));
Console.WriteLine("UnitPrice .NET type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetFieldType(unitPriceColPos));
Console.WriteLine("UnitsInStock .NET type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetFieldType(unitsInStockColPos));
Console.WriteLine("Discontinued .NET type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetFieldType(discontinuedColPos));
Console.WriteLine("ProductID database type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetDataTypeName(productIDColPos));
Console.WriteLine("ProductName database type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetDataTypeName(productNameColPos));
Console.WriteLine("UnitPrice database type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetDataTypeName(unitPriceColPos));
Console.WriteLine("UnitsInStock database type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetDataTypeName(unitsInStockColPos));
Console.WriteLine("Discontinued database type = " + productsSqlDataReader.GetDataTypeName(discontinuedColPos));
while (productsSqlDataReader.Read())
{
int productID = productsSqlDataReader.GetInt32(productIDColPos);
Console.WriteLine("productID = " + productID);
string productName = productsSqlDataReader.GetString(productNameColPos);
Console.WriteLine("productName = " + productName);
decimal unitPrice = productsSqlDataReader.GetDecimal(unitPriceColPos);
Console.WriteLine("unitPrice = " + unitPrice);
short unitsInStock = productsSqlDataReader.GetInt16(unitsInStockColPos);
Console.WriteLine("unitsInStock = " + unitsInStock);
bool discontinued = productsSqlDataReader.GetBoolean(discontinuedColPos);
Console.WriteLine("discontinued = " + discontinued);
}
productsSqlDataReader.Close();
mySqlConnection.Close();
}
}
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