GetDecimal Method

Gets the value of the specified column as a System.Decimal object.

Syntax

'Declaration
 
Public Overrides NotOverridable Function GetDecimal( _
   ByVal i As Integer _
) As Decimal

public override decimal GetDecimal( 
   int i
)

public function GetDecimal( 
    i: Integer
): Currency; override;

public override function GetDecimal( 
   i : int
) : decimal;

public: decimal GetDecimal( 
   int i
) override

The value of the column as a System.Decimal object.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.InvalidCastException	The underlying SQL data type cannot be converted to System.Decimal.
System.InvalidOperationException	The MimerDataReader is not positioned on a row.
System.IndexOutOfRangeException	The column ordinal is outside the valid range.

Remarks

Supported SQL data types for the conversion are: any numeric or character type that can be converted to decimal.

Use the IsDBNull method to check for database null value before calling this method.

Requirements

.NET Framework
Version 2.0 or later