Question

I’m wanting to get a list of the column names returned from a SQL SELECT statement. Can someone suggest an easy way to do this?

I have a tool that lets users define a query using any SQL SELECT statement. The results of the query are then presented in a custom manner. To set up the presentation, I need to know the column names so that the user can store formatting settings about each column.

Btw, the formatting settings are all being created via ASP.NET web pages, so the query results will end up in .NET if that helps with any ideas people have.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You should be able to do this using the GetName method. Something like this probably:

SqlDataReader mySDR = cmd.ExecuteReader();
for(int i = 0;i < mySDR.FieldCount; i++)
{
   Console.WriteLine(mySDR.GetName(i));
}

This is something you could do entirely from a asp.net page. No special/extra SQL required.