This method returns an OracleString structure of the specified column.

Declaration

// C#
public OracleString GetOracleString(int index);

Parameters

• index

  The zero-based column index.

Return Value

The OracleString value of the column.

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

If the column is an Oracle REF column, the string returned is a hexadecimal value that represents the REF in the database.