Reading from a SQL Server Database

hi

Im trying to read data from a database on an SQL Server ( not compact) but I keep having the problem with the code

SqlCommand readAccounts = new SqlCommand
("SELECT * from sahebfp9_Accounts", connectionLine);

reader = readAccounts.ExecuteReader();
string tempUsername = reader.GetString(1).Trim();


The bottom line throws a InvalidOperationException and says {"Invalid attempt to read when no data is present."} but I do have data in the database table.

Can somebody help?

A good thing to do when starting on this technology is to get familar with Msdn which is a great source for .net namespaces, classes, methods and basic usage information.

From msdn:

SqlCommand.ExecuteReader( ) method.

The problem in your case is that you need to call the SqlDataReader.Read( ) method before calling the reader.GetString method.

As an aside, I noticed that your code uses the Trim() method after retrieving the string from the database. You might consider (if possible) using a strategy where only trimmed, clean data is put into the database. That way, when you read the data, you won't need to worry about cleaning the data before using it.

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Originally Posted by Arjay

As an aside, I noticed that your code uses the Trim() method after retrieving the string from the database. You might consider (if possible) using a strategy where only trimmed, clean data is put into the database. That way, when you read the data, you won't need to worry about cleaning the data before using it.

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It also saves diskspace and performance.

Thanks a bunch , worked perfectly:)