How can I map the results of a sql query onto objects?

Question

Currently, I am using something like this:

    try
    {
      dr = SQL.Execute(sql);

      if(dr != null) {
         while(dr.Read()) {
           CustomObject         


        

Answer 1

The following function accepts a SQL string and an object, it requires the object to have a property for each column in the select statement. The object must be instantiated.

public object SqlToSingleObject(string sSql, object o)
{
    MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlDataReader oRead;
    using (ConnectionHelper oDb = new ConnectionHelper())
    {
        oRead = oDb.Execute(sSql);
        if (oRead.Read())
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < oRead.FieldCount; i++)
            {
                System.Reflection.PropertyInfo propertyInfo = o.GetType().GetProperty(oRead.GetName(i));
                propertyInfo.SetValue(o, Convert.ChangeType(oRead[i], propertyInfo.PropertyType), null);
            }

            return o;
        }
        else
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
}