Improve data access layer select method Pattern

Question

Lately I find myself writing data access layer select methods where the code all takes this general form:

public static DataTable GetSomeData( ... arguments)         


        

Answer 1

One pattern I've enjoyed looks like this as far as client code goes:

        DataTable data = null;
        using (StoredProcedure proc = new StoredProcedure("MyProcName","[Connection]"))
        {
            proc.AddParameter("@LoginName", loginName);
            data = proc.ExecuteDataTable();
        }

I usually make connection optional, and I will code in a way to pull it from ConnectionStrings config section or treat it as the actual connection string. This lets me reuse the dal in one off scenario's and is in part a habbit from the COM+ days when I stored the connection string using the object construction property.

I like this because it's easy to read and hides all the ADO code from me.