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DbDataReader.Item Property (Int32)

Visual Studio 2008

Gets the value of the specified column as an instance of Object.

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

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public abstract Object this[
	int ordinal
] { get; }

Parameters

ordinal
Type: System.Int32

The zero-based column ordinal.

Property Value

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

Implements

IDataRecord.Item[Int32]

ExceptionCondition
IndexOutOfRangeException

The index passed was outside the range of 0 through FieldCount.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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