Creating a DataReader (ADO.NET)
The DataTable and DataSet classes have a CreateDataReader method that returns the contents of the DataTable or the contents of the DataSet object's Tables collection as one or more read-only, forward-only result sets.
Example
The following console application creates a DataTable instance. The example then passes the filled DataTableto a procedure that calls the CreateDataReader method, which iterates through the results contained within the DataTableReader.
Private Sub TestCreateDataReader(ByVal dt As DataTable)
' Given a DataTable, retrieve a DataTableReader
' allowing access to all the tables's data:
Using reader As DataTableReader = dt.CreateDataReader()
Do
If Not reader.HasRows Then
Console.WriteLine("Empty DataTableReader")
Else
PrintColumns(reader)
End If
Console.WriteLine("========================")
Loop While reader.NextResult()
End Using
End Sub
Private Function GetCustomers() As DataTable
' Create sample Customers table, in order
' to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
Dim table As New DataTable
' Create two columns, ID and Name.
Dim idColumn As DataColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", GetType(Integer))
table.Columns.Add("Name", GetType(String))
' Set the ID column as the primary key column.
table.PrimaryKey = New DataColumn() {idColumn}
table.Rows.Add(New Object() {1, "Mary"})
table.Rows.Add(New Object() {2, "Andy"})
table.Rows.Add(New Object() {3, "Peter"})
table.Rows.Add(New Object() {4, "Russ"})
Return table
End Function
Private Sub PrintColumns( _
ByVal reader As DataTableReader)
' Loop through all the rows in the DataTableReader.
Do While reader.Read()
For i As Integer = 0 To reader.FieldCount - 1
Console.Write(reader(i).ToString() & " ")
Next
Console.WriteLine()
Loop
End Sub
private static void TestCreateDataReader(DataTable dt)
{
// Given a DataTable, retrieve a DataTableReader
// allowing access to all the tables' data:
using (DataTableReader reader = dt.CreateDataReader())
{
do
{
if (!reader.HasRows)
{
Console.WriteLine("Empty DataTableReader");
}
else
{
PrintColumns(reader);
}
Console.WriteLine("========================");
} while (reader.NextResult());
}
}
private static DataTable GetCustomers()
{
// Create sample Customers table, in order
// to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
DataTable table = new DataTable();
// Create two columns, ID and Name.
DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int));
table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));
// Set the ID column as the primary key column.
table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn };
table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Mary" });
table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Andy" });
table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Peter" });
table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "Russ" });
return table;
}
private static void PrintColumns(DataTableReader reader)
{
// Loop through all the rows in the DataTableReader
while (reader.Read())
{
for (int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i+)
{
Console.Write(reader[i] + " ");
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
The example displays the following output in the console window:
1 Mary
2 Andy
3 Peter
4 Russ