Trouble loading SQL Data Reader data into DataTable

Question

string query = \"select * from cfo_daily_trans_hist\";
            try
            {
                using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(
                    


        

Answer 1

Instead of a SqlDataReader, use a SqlDataAdapter.

SqlDataAdapter myAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(command);
myAdapter.Fill(datatable);

With a SqlDataAdapter, you don't need to explicitly call SqlConnection.Open() and SqlConnection.Close(). It is handled in the Fill() method.