Csharp/CSharp Tutorial/ADO.Net/OdbcDataReader

Read result set from OdbcDataReader

<source lang="csharp">using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.Odbc; class MainClass {

  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
     string connString = @"dsn=northwindodbc";
     string sql = @"select * from employee";
     OdbcConnection conn = null;
     OdbcDataReader reader = null;
     try
     {
        conn = new OdbcConnection(connString);
        conn.Open();
        OdbcCommand cmd = new OdbcCommand(sql, conn);
        reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        Console.WriteLine("Querying database {0} with query {1}\n", conn.Database, cmd.rumandText );
        while(reader.Read()) {
           Console.WriteLine("{0} | {1}", reader["FirstName"].ToString().PadLeft(10) , reader[1].ToString().PadLeft(10) );
        }
     }
     catch (Exception e)
     {
        Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e);
     }
     finally
     {
        reader.Close();
        conn.Close();
     }
  }

}</source>