SqlCeDataReader.GetDateTime Method

Article
03/29/2011

Gets the value of the specified column as a DateTime object.

Namespace: System.Data.SqlServerCe
Assembly: System.Data.SqlServerCe (in System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function GetDateTime ( _
    ordinal As Integer _
) As DateTime
'Usage
Dim instance As SqlCeDataReader
Dim ordinal As Integer
Dim returnValue As DateTime

returnValue = instance.GetDateTime(ordinal)

public override DateTime GetDateTime(
    int ordinal
)

public:
virtual DateTime GetDateTime(
    int ordinal
) override

abstract GetDateTime : 
        ordinal:int -> DateTime 
override GetDateTime : 
        ordinal:int -> DateTime

public override function GetDateTime(
    ordinal : int
) : DateTime

Parameters

ordinal
Type: System.Int32
The zero-based column ordinal.

Return Value

Type: System.DateTime
The value of the specified column.

Implements

IDataRecord.GetDateTime(Int32)

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidCastException	The specified cast is not valid.
SqlNullValueException	The value is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
InvalidOperationException	The operation is not valid. The SqlCeDataReader may be positioned after the last row in the result set.

Remarks

No conversions are performed; therefore, the data retrieved must already be a DateTime object.

Call IsDBNull to check for null values before calling this method.