How Do I Read A Rowversion or Timestamp SQL Server Data Type From a SQLDataReader to a C# Variable

Question

I have a SQL Server 2012 database. Each table has a set of audit fields. One is a column named RowVer with a datatype of timestamp (same as rowversion

Answer 1

If you are using .NET 4.5 or newer you can do

user.RowVersion = rdr.GetFieldValue(18);

If you are on 4.0 or older you will need to perform a cast.

user.RowVersion = rdr.GetValue(18) as byte[];