ExecuteReader() Method

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Sends the CommandText to the Connection and builds a ExactTargetDataReader.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shadows Function ExecuteReader() As ExactTargetDataReader

public new ExactTargetDataReader ExecuteReader()

Return Value

A ExactTargetDataReader object.

Example

The following example creates a ExactTargetCommand, then executes it by passing a string that is SQL SELECT statement, and a string to use to connect to the data source.

csharp

public void CreateExactTargetDataReader(string mySelectQuery,string exactTargetConnectionString)
{
  ExactTargetConnection exactTargetConnection = new ExactTargetConnection(exactTargetConnectionString);
  ExactTargetCommand exactTargetCommand = new ExactTargetCommand(mySelectQuery, exactTargetConnection);
  exactTargetCommand.Connection.Open();
  ExactTargetDataReader exactTargetReader = exactTargetCommand.ExecuteReader();
  try
  {
    while(exactTargetReader.Read())
    {
      Console.WriteLine(exactTargetReader.GetString(0));
    }
  }
  finally
  {
    exactTargetReader.Close();
    exactTargetConnection.Close();
  }
}

Visual Basic

Public Sub CreateExactTargetDataReader(mySelectQuery As String, _
exactTargetConnectionString As String)
  Dim exactTargetConnection As New ExactTargetConnection(exactTargetConnectionString)
  Dim exactTargetCommand As New ExactTargetCommand(mySelectQuery, exactTargetConnection)
  exactTargetCommand.Connection.Open()
  Dim exactTargetReader As ExactTargetDataReader = exactTargetCommand.ExecuteReader()
  Try
    While exactTargetReader.Read()
      Console.WriteLine(exactTargetReader.GetString(0))
    End While
  Finally
    exactTargetReader.Close()
    exactTargetConnection.Close()
  End Try
End Sub

Reference

ExactTargetCommand Class
ExactTargetCommand Members
Overload List
ExactTargetDataReader Class
ExactTargetConnection Class

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