How can I retrieve a table from stored procedure to a datatable?

Question

I created a stored procedure so as to return me a table.

Something like this:

create procedure sp_returnTable
body of procedure
select * from table
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Answer 1

Set the CommandText as well, and call Fill on the SqlAdapter to retrieve the results in a DataSet:

var con = new SqlConnection();
con.ConnectionString = "connection string";
var com = new SqlCommand();
com.Connection = con;
com.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
com.CommandText = "sp_returnTable";
var adapt = new SqlDataAdapter();
adapt.SelectCommand = com;
var dataset = new DataSet();
adapt.Fill(dataset);

(Example is using parameterless constructors for clarity; can be shortened by using other constructors.)