This method returns the decimal value of the specified NUMBER column.

Declaration

// C#
public override decimal GetDecimal(int index);

Parameters

• index

  The zero-based column index.

Return Value

The decimal value of the column.

Implements

IDataRecord

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException - The connection is closed, the reader is closed, Read() has not been called, or all rows have been read.

IndexOutOfRangeException - The column index is invalid.

InvalidCastException - The accessor method is invalid for this column type or the column value is NULL.

Remarks

IsDBNull should be called to check for NULL values before calling this method.