DbDataReader.GetOrdinal(String) Method    
Definition
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When overridden in a derived class, gets the column ordinal given the name of the column.
public:
 abstract int GetOrdinal(System::String ^ name);public abstract int GetOrdinal(string name);abstract member GetOrdinal : string -> intPublic MustOverride Function GetOrdinal (name As String) As IntegerParameters
- name
- String
The name of the column.
Returns
The zero-based column ordinal.
Implements
Exceptions
The name specified is not a valid column name.