SqlDataReader.GetStream Method
Retrieves binary, image, varbinary, UDT, and variant data types as a Stream.
Namespace: System.Data.SqlClient
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Parameters
- i
- Type: System.Int32
The zero-based column ordinal.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| InvalidOperationException | The connection drops or is closed during the data retrieval. The SqlDataReader is closed during the data retrieval. There is no data ready to be read (for example, the first Read hasn't been called, or returned false). Tried to read a previously-read column in sequential mode. There was an asynchronous operation in progress. This applies to all Get* methods when running in sequential mode, as they could be called while reading a stream. |
| IndexOutOfRangeException | Trying to read a column that does not exist. |
| InvalidCastException | The returned type was not one of the types below:
|
ReadTimeout defaults to the value of CommandTimeout; but you can modify ReadTimeout via GetStream.
Null values will be returned as an empty (zero bytes) Stream.
GetBytes will raise an InvalidOperationException exception when used on an object returned by GetStream when SequentialAccess is in effect.
SqlException exceptions raised from Stream are thrown as IOException exceptions; check the inner exception for the SqlException.
The following Stream members are not available for objects returned by GetStream:
BeginWrite
EndWrite
Length
Position
Seek
SetLength
Write
WriteByte
WriteTimeout
When the connection property ContextConnection=true, GetStream only supports synchronous data retrieval for both sequential (SequentialAccess) and non-sequential (Default) access.
For more information, see SqlClient Streaming Support From SQL Server to the Application.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
