Item Property (DbDataReaderBase)

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Gets the value of the specified column in its native format given the column name.

Overload List

Overload	Description
Item(String)	Gets the value of the specified column in its native format given the column name.
Item(Int32)	Gets the value of the specified column in its native format given the column ordinal.

Remarks

You can omit the property name.

Example

csharp

static void GetHireDate(MySqlConnection myConnection) {
  MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Test.emp");
  cmd.Connection = myConnection;
  myConnection.Open();
  try {
    MySqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
    reader.Read();
        DateTime recievedTime = (DateTime)reader["hiredate"];
    reader.Close();
  }
  finally {
    myConnection.Close();
  }
}

Visual Basic

Shared Sub GetHireDate(ByVal myConnection As MySqlConnection)
  Dim cmd As New MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Test.emp")
  cmd.Connection = myConnection
  myConnection.Open()
  Try
    Dim reader As MySqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader
    reader.Read()
    Dim recievedTime As DateTime = CDate(reader("hiredate"))
    reader.Close()
  Finally
    myConnection.Close()
  End Try
End Sub

Reference

DbDataReaderBase Class
DbDataReaderBase Members

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