GetMySqlText(String) Method

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Gets the value of the specified column as a MySqlText object.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function GetMySqlText( _
   ByVal name As String _
) As MySqlText

public MySqlText GetMySqlText( 
   string name
)

Parameters

name: The name of the column to get value of.

Return Value

The value of the specified column as a MySqlText object.

Example

This example shows how to download a TEXT field from a table using GetMySqlBlob method.

csharp

public void DownloadSqlText(MySqlConnection myConnection)
{
  myConnection.Unicode = true;
  MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Test.TextBlocks", myConnection);
  myConnection.Open();
  MySqlDataReader myReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.Default);
  try
  {
    while (myReader.Read())
    {
      MySqlText myTextSql = myReader.GetMySqlText(myReader.GetOrdinal("BlockContent"));
      if(!myTextSql.IsNull)
      {
        Console.WriteLine(myTextSql.Value);
      }
    }
  }
  finally
  {
    myReader.Close();
    myConnection.Close();
  }
}

Visual Basic

Public Sub UploadSqlText(ByVal myConnection As MySqlConnection)
  myConnection.Unicode = True
  Dim myTextSql As MySqlText = New MySqlText("This is a test text block")
  Dim myCommand As MySqlCommand = New MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO Test.TextBlocks (BlockID, BlockName, BlockContent) VALUES(3,'First',:BlockText)", myConnection)
  myCommand.Parameters.Add("BlockText", myTextSql)
  myConnection.Open()
  Try
    Console.WriteLine(String.Concat(myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(), " rows affected."))
  Finally
    myConnection.Close()
  End Try
End Sub

Public Sub DownloadSqlText(ByVal myConnection As MySqlConnection)
  myConnection.Unicode = True
  Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Test.TextBlocks", myConnection)
  myConnection.Open()
  Dim myReader As MySqlDataReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.Default)
  Try
    While myReader.Read()
      Dim myTextSql As MySqlText = myReader.GetMySqlText(myReader.GetOrdinal("BlockContent"))
      If Not myTextSql.IsNull Then
        Console.WriteLine(myTextSql.Value)
      End If
    End While
  Finally
    myReader.Close()
    myConnection.Close()
  End Try
End Sub

Reference

MySqlDataReader Class
MySqlDataReader Members
Overload List
MySqlText Class

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