use column name instead of index

[msnews]

Hi All,

I have the following code

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Business.Product pdt = new Business.Product();
SqlDataReader product = pdt.GetProductDeals(134);

StringBuilder maker = new StringBuilder();
while (product.Read())
{
maker.append ("formatting text" + product.GetValue(8).ToString());
maker.append ("formatting text" + product.GetValue(3).ToString());
maker.append ("formatting text" + product.GetValue(12).ToString());
}

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In the above code, I am using index value to get the database column value.
It's causing lot of confusion as I have around 45 fields coming from
database. Is it possible to use the DB Column name instead of index value.

Please help.

Thanks in Advance.

 

[Kalpesh]

Hi,

You can use indexer method in DataReader
eg product["myprodutcode"]

I havent wrote this piece of code to check that it works
But, this is based on the documentation

HTH
Kalpesh

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

You can write a utility method that will take a column name as a parameter
and then find the matching column with the SqlDataReader.GetName () method.

Eliyahu