Question

Should you always close a DataReader before closing the connection, or is it okay to just close the connection? By just closing the connection does that effectively close the reader?

(This is for c#.net 3.5)

Thanks!

Answer 1

Aside from making your intent clear, there is this from the Microsoft documentation (Retrieving Data Using a DataReader (ADO.NET)):

You should always call the Close method when you have finished using
the DataReader object.