SqlDataReader.GetOrdinal
using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; class UsingColumnOrdinals { public static void Main() { SqlConnection mySqlConnection =new SqlConnection("server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS;database=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI;"); SqlCommand mySqlCommand = mySqlConnection.CreateCommand(); mySqlCommand.CommandText = "SELECT TOP 5 ID, FirstName, LastName FROM employee " + "ORDER BY ID"; mySqlConnection.Open(); SqlDataReader productsSqlDataReader = mySqlCommand.ExecuteReader(); int idPos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("ID"); int firstNamePos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("LastName"); int lastNamePos = productsSqlDataReader.GetOrdinal("FirstName"); while (productsSqlDataReader.Read()) { Console.WriteLine("ID = " + productsSqlDataReader[idPos]); Console.WriteLine("FirstName = " + productsSqlDataReader[firstNamePos]); Console.WriteLine("LastName = " + productsSqlDataReader[lastNamePos]); } productsSqlDataReader.Close(); mySqlConnection.Close(); } }