An OracleCommand object represents a SQL command, a stored procedure, or a table name. The OracleCommand object is responsible for formulating the request and passing it to the database. If results are returned, OracleCommand is responsible for returning results as an OracleDataReader, a .NET XmlReader, a .NET Stream, a scalar value, or as output parameters.

Class Inheritance

System.Object

  System.MarshalByRefObject

    System.ComponentModel.Component

      System.Data.Common.DbCommand

        Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleCommand

Declaration

// C#
public sealed class OracleCommand : DbCommand, ICloneable

Requirements

Thread Safety

All public static methods are thread-safe, although instance methods do not guarantee thread safety.

Remarks

The execution of any transaction-related statements from an OracleCommand is not recommended because it is not reflected in the state of the OracleTransaction object represents the current local transaction, if one exists.

ExecuteXmlReader, ExecuteStream, and ExecuteToStream methods are only supported for XML operations.

ExecuteReader and ExecuteScalar methods are not supported for XML operations.

To minimize the number of open server cursors, OracleCommand objects should be explicitly disposed.

Example

// C#
 
using System;
using System.Data;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client; 
 
class OracleCommandSample
{
  static void Main()
  {
    string constr = "User Id=scott;Password=tiger;Data Source=oracle";
    OracleConnection con = new OracleConnection(constr);
    con.Open();
 
    string cmdQuery = "select ename, empno from emp";
 
    // Create the OracleCommand
    OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand(cmdQuery);
 
    cmd.Connection = con;
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
 
    // Execute command, create OracleDataReader object
    OracleDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
 
    while (reader.Read())
    {
      // output Employee Name and Number
      Console.WriteLine("Employee Name : " + reader.GetString(0) + " , " + 
        "Employee Number : " + reader.GetDecimal(1));
    }
 
    // Clean up
    reader.Dispose();
    cmd.Dispose();
    con.Dispose();
  }
}