c# how do you return dataset from sqldatareader?

Question

I have this in a public class:

SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(\"Data Source=hermes;database=qcvalues; Integrated Security=SSPI;\");
myConnect         


        

Answer 1

You don't. Use a DataAdapter instead:

var ds = new DataSet();

using(var conn = new SqlConnection(connString))
{
    conn.Open();
    var command = new SqlCommand(InitializeQuery(), conn);
    var adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(command);

    adapter.Fill(ds);
}