Need to iterate through SQL table rows, one at a time (table too big to use adapter.Fill)

Question

It\'s easy enough for me to read through a small SQL Server 2005 table like this:

string cmdText = \"select * from myTable\";
SqlDataAdapter adapter = new Sq         


        

Answer 1

You should use a DataReader:

using( var connection = new SqlConnection( "my connection string" ) ) {
    using( var command = connection.CreateCommand() ) {
        command.CommandText = "SELECT Column1, Column2, Column3 FROM myTable";

        connection.Open();
        using( var reader = command.ExecuteReader() ) {
            var indexOfColumn1 = reader.GetOrdinal( "Column1" );
            var indexOfColumn2 = reader.GetOrdinal( "Column2" );
            var indexOfColumn3 = reader.GetOrdinal( "Column3" );

            while( reader.Read() ) {
                var value1 = reader.GetValue( indexOfColumn1 );
                var value2 = reader.GetValue( indexOfColumn2 );
                var value3 = reader.GetValue( indexOfColumn3 );

                // now, do something what you want
            }
        }
        connection.Close();
    }
}