This method returns the 0-based ordinal (or index) of the specified column name.

Declaration

// C#
public override int GetOrdinal(string name);

Parameters

• name

  The specified column name.

Return Value

The index of the column.

Implements

IDataRecord

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException - The reader is closed.

IndexOutOfRangeException - The column index is invalid.

Remarks

A case-sensitive search is made to locate the specified column by its name. If this fails, then a case-insensitive search is made.