IBM Data Server Client Packages Version 10.1

DB2DataReader.GetDateTime Method

Gets the value of the specified column as a DateTime object.

Namespace:: IBM®.Data.DB2®
Assembly:: IBM.Data.DB2 (in IBM.Data.DB2.dll)

Syntax

[Visual Basic]
Public Function GetDateTime( _
   ByVal i As Integer _
) As DateTime
[C#]
public DateTime GetDateTime(
   int i
);
[C++]
public: DateTime GetDateTime(
   int i
);
[JScript]
public function GetDateTime(
   i : int
) : DateTime;

Parameters

i: The zero-based column ordinal.

Return value

The value of the specified column as a DateTime object.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
InvalidCastException	The specified cast is not valid.
DB2Exception	Invalid conversion.

Remarks

No conversions are performed. The data to be retrieved must be of DB2Type.Date or DB2Type.Timestamp.

The following table describes the mapping between the return object data type and the data server data type.

DB2Type Data Type	DB2 Data Type	Informix® Data Type
Date	DATE	DATETIME (date precision)

Call IsDBNull to check for null values before calling this method.