Possible to return an out parameter with a DataReader

Question

Using ExecuteReader I am able to return a DataReader, but the out parameter is returning 0.

Using ExecuteNonQuery I am able to retrieve the

Answer 1

To get the values from OUTPUT parameters with SqlDataReader you can only after the reader will be closed.

So you need to add this code before you try to get the values

if(!dataReader.IsClosed)
    dataReader.Close(); 
 if(out_recordCount.Value != DBNull.Value)
     recordCount = Convert.ToInt64(out_recordCount.Value);
 returnValue = Convert.ToInt32(return_Value.Value);