OracleDataReader field type?

I've hunted for what should be a fairly simple answer but can't find what
should be an answer to a simple question.

I have a data reader, let's say it's declared in C# as OracleDataReader dr =
new OracleDataReader();

I do my dr.Read, then access one of the columns as
dr["FirstName"].ToString() for example. Now let's say I would instead want
to pass my various fields (aka columns) to a method.

this.DoSomething(dr["FirstName"]);
this.DoSomething(dr["LastName"]);
this.DoSomething(dr["Age"]);

for example. When I declare my DoSomething:

private void DoSomething(??? myField)

what the heck do I put for ??? In the old ADO days this would have been
Field, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what the heck to put here.
I've googled, hunted thru MSDN, books, and drank three pots of coffee but
still don't have a clue. Someone hit me with a clue-stick, please.

Thanks,

Robert



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Hi,

You can use a code like this,

private void DoSomething(object x);
{

}

Because .Net Framework doesn't know that which type of a data is coming from
a DataReader that you use before. It's type is set at run time.

Have a nice work,

Aytaç ÖZAY
Software Engineer

"n4ixt" <n4ixt@notabitofspam_direcway.com> wrote in message
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> I've hunted for what should be a fairly simple answer but can't find what
> should be an answer to a simple question.
>
> I have a data reader, let's say it's declared in C# as OracleDataReader dr
> = new OracleDataReader();
>
> I do my dr.Read, then access one of the columns as
> dr["FirstName"].ToString() for example. Now let's say I would instead want
> to pass my various fields (aka columns) to a method.
>
> this.DoSomething(dr["FirstName"]);
> this.DoSomething(dr["LastName"]);
> this.DoSomething(dr["Age"]);
>
> for example. When I declare my DoSomething:
>
> private void DoSomething(??? myField)
>
> what the heck do I put for ??? In the old ADO days this would have been
> Field, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what the heck to put
> here. I've googled, hunted thru MSDN, books, and drank three pots of
> coffee but still don't have a clue. Someone hit me with a clue-stick,
> please.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
>
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Thanks, the first pass I took at the routine I did that. I wanted something
a bit more type specific though.

I wound up refactoring and instead am passing in the DataReader and a string
with the field name and working with it in the method.

Robert

"Aytaç ÖZAY" <aytacozay@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> You can use a code like this,
>
> private void DoSomething(object x);
> {
>
> }
>
> Because .Net Framework doesn't know that which type of a data is coming
> from a DataReader that you use before. It's type is set at run time.
>
> Have a nice work,
>
> Aytaç ÖZAY
> Software Engineer
>
> "n4ixt" <n4ixt@notabitofspam_direcway.com> wrote in message
> news:1144755837_14857@sp6iad.superfeed.net...
>> I've hunted for what should be a fairly simple answer but can't find what
>> should be an answer to a simple question.
>>
>> I have a data reader, let's say it's declared in C# as OracleDataReader
>> dr = new OracleDataReader();
>>
>> I do my dr.Read, then access one of the columns as
>> dr["FirstName"].ToString() for example. Now let's say I would instead
>> want to pass my various fields (aka columns) to a method.
>>
>> this.DoSomething(dr["FirstName"]);
>> this.DoSomething(dr["LastName"]);
>> this.DoSomething(dr["Age"]);
>>
>> for example. When I declare my DoSomething:
>>
>> private void DoSomething(??? myField)
>>
>> what the heck do I put for ??? In the old ADO days this would have been
>> Field, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what the heck to put
>> here. I've googled, hunted thru MSDN, books, and drank three pots of
>> coffee but still don't have a clue. Someone hit me with a clue-stick,
>> please.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
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