c# how do you return dataset from sqldatareader?

Question

I have this in a public class:

SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(\"Data Source=hermes;database=qcvalues; Integrated Security=SSPI;\");
myConnect         


        

Answer 1

Instead of returning a SqlDataReader, you can change your code so that it returns a DataSet.

SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection("Data Source=hermes;database=qcvalues; Integrated Security=SSPI;");
DataSet dst = new DataSet();
SqlDataAdapter dap = new SqlDataAdapter(InitializeQuery(), mConnection);
dap.Fill(dst, "DataSetName");

One of the neat things about this approach is that Fill opens and closes the database connection for you.