Item(String) Property

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Syntax
Remarks
Example
Requirements
See Also

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

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

public override object Item( 
   string name
) {get;}

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Overrides ReadOnly Property Item( _
   ByVal name As String _
) As Object

Parameters

name: The column name.

Property Value

The value of the specified column in its native format.

Remarks

You can omit the property name.

Example

csharp

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

Visual Basic

Shared Sub GetHireDate(ByVal myConnection As SQLiteConnection)
  Dim cmd As New SQLiteCommand("SELECT * FROM emp")
  cmd.Connection = myConnection
  myConnection.Open()
  Try
    Dim reader As SQLiteDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader
    reader.Read()
    Dim recievedTime As DateTime = CDate(reader("hiredate"))
    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

DbDataReaderBase Class
DbDataReaderBase Members
Overload List

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