How do I pull a specific variable from the SqlDataReader?

Question

I'm working on a currency conversion project, now I've built a little script to pull the conversion rates and descriptions out of my database, but I can't seem to find a way to pull the variable (Rate) out of the string the datareader has created.

Here is the code snippet:

            if (reader.HasRows)
                //The reader will only read the rows if the ISO code matches the options avalible within the DB
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Result Found!");
                while (reader.Read())
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Rate: {0}\t Conversion Rate: {1}",
                                      reader[0], reader[1]);
                }
                reader.Close();
            }

Now I want the Rate variable which is a decimal without having to convert it or shove it in an adapter (I'm new at C#).

tl;dr I want the output from "Rate: {0}" alone so I can use it to convert the currency's.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

have you tried

reader.ReadField<type>("fieldname") ?

EDIT: Wow, I can't believe I forgot that this was not part of SqlDataReader :p, I was just looking at my implementation... code for this:

Extension:

public static T ReadField<T>(this IDataReader reader, String fieldname)
{
    return DB.ReaderField<T>(reader, fieldname);
}

DB.ReaderField:

public static T ReaderField<T>(IDataReader reader, String fieldname)
{
    try
    {
        int idx = reader.GetOrdinal(fieldname);
        if (reader.IsDBNull(idx))
        {
            return (T)default(T);
        }
        else
        {
            object o = reader.GetValue(idx);

            try
            {
                return (T)Convert.ChangeType(o, typeof(T));
            }
            catch
            {
                return (T)default(T);
            }
        }
    }
    catch { }

    return (T)default(T);
}

Sorry about the confusion :)