ServerConnection.ExecuteReader Method

Article
12/03/2008

Executes Transact-SQL statements that return one or multiple result sets.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function ExecuteReader ( _
    sqlCommand As String _
) As SqlDataReader

public SqlDataReader ExecuteReader (
    string sqlCommand
)

public:
SqlDataReader^ ExecuteReader (
    String^ sqlCommand
)

public SqlDataReader ExecuteReader (
    String sqlCommand
)

public function ExecuteReader (
    sqlCommand : String
) : SqlDataReader

Parameters

sqlCommand
A String value that specifies the Transact-SQL command to be executed.

Return Value

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.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms