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Convert SqlDataReader to Json String
// Requires Newtonsoft.Json to create JSON String
public static String ToJson(this SqlDataReader rdr)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb);
using (JsonWriter jsonWriter = new JsonTextWriter(sw))
{
jsonWriter.WriteStartArray();
while (rdr.Read())
{
jsonWriter.WriteStartObject();
int fields = rdr.FieldCount;
for (int i = 0; i < fields; i++)
{
jsonWriter.WritePropertyName(rdr.GetName(i));
jsonWriter.WriteValue(rdr[i]);
}
jsonWriter.WriteEndObject();
}
jsonWriter.WriteEndArray();
return sw.ToString();
}
}
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Hi,

jsonWriter.WritePropertyName(rdr.GetName(i))

can we read only value with out property.. As my returned value is from forjsonpath so it will return some generated column name. So i do not want to include it in my result.

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