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Extension method to asynchronously query a database and build a dynamic result set
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public static async Task<IEnumerable<dynamic>> QueryAsync(this DbConnection db, string sql) | |
{ | |
var records = new List<dynamic>(); | |
using (var cmd = db.CreateCommand()) | |
{ | |
cmd.CommandText = sql; | |
using (var reader = await cmd.ExecuteReaderAsync()) | |
{ | |
var columns = Enumerable.Range(0, reader.FieldCount) | |
.ToDictionary(reader.GetName, index => index); | |
while (await reader.ReadAsync()) | |
{ | |
dynamic record = new ExpandoObject(); | |
var dict = record as IDictionary<string, object>; | |
foreach (var column in columns) | |
{ | |
dict[column.Key] = reader.GetValue(column.Value); | |
} | |
records.Add(record); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return records.ToArray(); | |
} | |
// usage | |
using (var db = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) // any connection inheriting DbConnection will do | |
{ | |
db.Open(); | |
var results = await db.QueryAsync("SELECT * FROM Foo"); | |
} |
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