How can I list table columns (returned through an SQL query) as items in a CheckedListBox?

Question

If I have the following table:

 canAssign 
------------
     1       

Is there a way to add the column header text (e.g., canAssign

Answer 1

In this case I think you'd like to have custom objects in CheckedListBox.Items collection and use CheckedListBox.DisplayMember property with CheckedListBox.ValueMember

DisplayMember

Gets or sets a string that specifies a property of the objects contained in the list box whose contents you want to display.

ValueMember

Gets or sets a string that specifies the property of the data source from which to draw the value.

Example

public class ListBoxItem
{
    public string Text { get; set; }
    public string Value { get; set; }
}

checkedListBox.DisplayMember = "Text";
checkedListBox.ValueMember = "Value";

...create connection and create command logic...
command.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Permissions";
var reader = command.ExecuteReader();

while (reader.Read()) {

  // of course it would be better to cache that and go straight by indexes
  for(int i = 0; i < reader.FieldCount; i++) {
     var columnName = reader.GetName(i);
     // some logic to humanize values like 'canDownload' to 'Can Download'
     var label = getLabelFor(columnName);
     var value = reader.GetBoolean(i);
     checkedListBox.Items.Insert(0, new ListBoxItem(label , value));
  }
}