C# IEnumerator/yield structure potentially bad?

Question

Background: I\'ve got a bunch of strings that I\'m getting from a database, and I want to return them. Traditionally, it would be something like this:

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Answer 1

I've bumped into this wall a few times. SQL database queries are not easily streamable like files. Instead, query only as much as you think you'll need and return it as whatever container you want (IList<>, DataTable, etc.). IEnumerable won't help you here.