DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

DB2DataReader.GetFloat Method

Gets the value of the specified column as a single-precision floating-point number.

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

Syntax

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

Parameters

i: The zero-based column ordinal.

Return value

The value of the specified column as a single-precision floating-point number.

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 DB2®Type.Real.

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
Real	REAL	REAL, SMALLFLOAT

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