Web Service code not returning array of String

Question

I want to return an array of Strings in the form \"abc#xyz#ghi#tru\" (where # is delimiter) from my web service method . However i m not able to do it . Here is my current web s

Answer 1

First, your query returns only number instead of set of rows. So you should use sql like this:

select name from names

Second, to return array you could use List instead of pre-defined arrays: I would be use the following approach:

var result = new List();
while(myReader.Read())
{
  result.Add(reader["name"].ToString() + "#");
}

return result.ToArray();

Or if you want to return a string:

return string.Join("#", result.ToArray())