SqlDataReader - How to convert the current row to a dictionary
You can use LINQ:
return Enumerable.Range(0, reader.FieldCount) .ToDictionary(reader.GetName, reader.GetValue);
Easier than this?:
// Need to read the row in, usually in a while ( opReader.Read ) {} loop...opReader.Read();// Convert current row into a dictionaryDictionary<string, object> dict = new Dictionary<string, object>();for( int lp = 0 ; lp < opReader.FieldCount ; lp++ ) { dict.Add(opReader.GetName(lp), opReader.GetValue(lp));}I'm still not sure why you would need this particular transformation from one type of collection to another.
I came across this question on 3/9/2016 and ended up using the answer provided by SLaks. However, I needed to slightly modify it to:
dataRowDictionary = Enumerable.Range(0, reader.FieldCount).ToDictionary(i => reader.GetName(i), i=> reader.GetValue(i).ToString());I found guidance from this StackOverflow question: convert dataReader to Dictionary