SqlDataReader.GetStream(Int32) Method
Definition
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Retrieves binary, image, varbinary, UDT, and variant data types as a Stream.
public:
override System::IO::Stream ^ GetStream(int i);public override System.IO.Stream GetStream(int i);override this.GetStream : int -> System.IO.StreamPublic Overrides Function GetStream (i As Integer) As StreamParameters
- i
- Int32
The zero-based column ordinal.
Returns
A stream object.
Exceptions
Trying to read a column that does not exist.
Remarks
ReadTimeout defaults to the value of CommandTimeout ; but you can modify ReadTimeout via GetStream.
Null values will be returned as an empty (zero bytes) Stream. GetBytes(Int32, Int64, Byte[], Int32, Int32) will raise an InvalidOperationException exception when used on an object returned by GetStream when SequentialAccess is in effect. SqlException exceptions raised from Stream are thrown as IOException exceptions; check the inner exception for the SqlException.
The following Stream members are not available for objects returned by GetStream:
For more information, see SqlClient Streaming Support