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ServerConnection.ExecuteReader Method (String, SqlCommand%)

Executes a reader using a SqlDataReader object value that contains one or more result sets.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function ExecuteReader ( _
    sqlCommand As String, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef command As SqlCommand _
) As SqlDataReader
'Usage
Dim instance As ServerConnection
Dim sqlCommand As String
Dim command As SqlCommand
Dim returnValue As SqlDataReader

returnValue = instance.ExecuteReader(sqlCommand, _
    command)

public SqlDataReader ExecuteReader(
    string sqlCommand,
    out SqlCommand command
)

public:
SqlDataReader^ ExecuteReader(
    String^ sqlCommand, 
    [OutAttribute] SqlCommand^% command
)

member ExecuteReader : 
        sqlCommand:string * 
        command:SqlCommand byref -> SqlDataReader 

public function ExecuteReader(
    sqlCommand : String, 
    command : SqlCommand
) : SqlDataReader

Parameters

  • sqlCommand
    Type: System.String
    A String value that specifies the Transact-SQL commands to be executed.

Return Value

Type: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader
A SqlDataReader object value that contains one or more result sets.

Remarks

The SqlDataReader object is returned to let the client process the data without requiring it to read all information into memory.