Rowcount of a UniDataReader Result

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magixxfactory
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Rowcount of a UniDataReader Result

Post by magixxfactory » Fri 21 Jul 2017 10:54

Hello,
How can I got the count of rows returned by a UniDataReader ?
Thanks and regards
Uwe

Pinturiccio
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Re: Rowcount of a UniDataReader Result

Post by Pinturiccio » Tue 25 Jul 2017 14:34

A DataReader, be it UniDataReader or SqlDataReader, is not designed to get row counts. Data is read row by row, and the number of rows in the DataReader is unknown.

There are different ways to get the number of rows. Here are the two most popular and recommended ones:
1. Execute the Read method in the while cycle and increment a counter:

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while (reader.Read())
{
    counter++;
}
2. Load the reader to a DataTable, and then get the number of rows from the DataTable:

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using (DataTable dt = new DataTable())
{
    dt.Load(reader);
    Console.WriteLine(dt.Rows.Count);
}
You can also execute the SELECT COUNT(*) query, which returns the number of rows, before reading the DataReader.

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