Best method to use IDataReader as IEnumerable?

Question

I need to use Linq on any IDataReader implementations like this

var c = sqlDataReader.AsEnumerable().Count();

Example:

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Answer 1

You can just load the DataReader into a DataTable and then Select():

DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Load(dataReader);
DataRow[] rows = dt.Select();        //DataRow[] Implements IEnumerable

or

IEnumerable rows = dt.AsEnumerable();