SqlCeDataReader.GetFloat Method

Article
03/29/2011

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

Namespace: System.Data.SqlServerCe
Assembly: System.Data.SqlServerCe (in System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function GetFloat ( _
    ordinal As Integer _
) As Single
'Usage
Dim instance As SqlCeDataReader
Dim ordinal As Integer
Dim returnValue As Single

returnValue = instance.GetFloat(ordinal)

public override float GetFloat(
    int ordinal
)

public:
virtual float GetFloat(
    int ordinal
) override

abstract GetFloat : 
        ordinal:int -> float32 
override GetFloat : 
        ordinal:int -> float32

public override function GetFloat(
    ordinal : int
) : float

Parameters

ordinal
Type: System.Int32
The zero-based column ordinal.

Return Value

Type: System.Single
The value of the specified column.

Implements

IDataRecord.GetFloat(Int32)

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidCastException	The specified cast is not valid.
SqlNullValueException	The value is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
InvalidOperationException	The operation is not valid. The SqlCeDataReader may be positioned after the last row in the result set.

Remarks

No conversions are performed; therefore the data retrieved must already be a single-precision floating point number.

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