GetDateTime(Int32) Method

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Gets the value of the specified column as a System.DateTime object.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Overrides Function GetDateTime( _
   ByVal i As Integer _
) As Date

public override DateTime GetDateTime( 
   int i
)

Parameters

i

Return Value

The value of the specified column.

Remarks

Call Devart.Common.DbDataReaderBase.IsDBNull to check for null values before calling this method.

Example

csharp

static void GetMyDateTime(MySqlConnection myConnection) {
  MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Test.AllTypes");
  cmd.Connection = myConnection;
  myConnection.Open();
  try {
    MySqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
    reader.Read();
    DateTime recievedDate = reader.GetDateTime(reader.GetOrdinal("DateCol"));
    reader.Close();
  }
  finally {
    myConnection.Close();
  }
}

Visual Basic

Shared Sub GetMyDateTime(ByVal myConnection As MySqlConnection)
  Dim cmd As New MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Test.AllTypes")
  cmd.Connection = myConnection
  myConnection.Open()
  Try
    Dim reader As MySqlDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader
    reader.Read()
    Dim recievedDate As DateTime = reader.GetDateTime(reader.GetOrdinal("DateCol"))
    reader.Close()
  Finally
    myConnection.Close()
  End Try
End Sub

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

MySqlDataReader Class
MySqlDataReader Members
Overload List

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