Is it possible to return dynamic objects or Dataset from a Sqlite Query?

Question

I am using Sqlite.Net in my Xamarin.Forms application. So far it has been great at returning lists of objects if my object is a class like so:

SqliteDatabase.Connection.Query<Customer>("Select * from Customers");

I would now like to return the equivalent of a DataSet dynamically from my query

SqliteDatabase.Connection.Query("Select * from Customers inner join Calls on Customers.Id=Calls.CustomerId")

Now from the second query I would like to return a DataSet instead of a list of objects. I know I could create a new object which combines the columns of Customers and Calls but I don't want to have to create objects every time I want to query the database.

Is it possible to just dynamically return a Dataset or Object?

Answer 1

In the end I actually managed to come up with a method that will run any query and return the rows as items in the list and the columns as objects in the array:

    public List<object[]> RunSql(string sqlString, bool includeColumnNamesAsFirstRow)
    {
        var lstRes = new List<object[]>();
        SQLitePCL.sqlite3_stmt stQuery = null;
        try
        {
            stQuery = SQLite3.Prepare2(fieldStrikeDatabase.Connection.Handle, sqlString);
            var colLenght = SQLite3.ColumnCount(stQuery);

            if (includeColumnNamesAsFirstRow)
            {
                var obj = new object[colLenght];
                lstRes.Add(obj);
                for (int i = 0; i < colLenght; i++)
                {
                    obj[i] = SQLite3.ColumnName(stQuery, i);
                }
            }

            while (SQLite3.Step(stQuery) == SQLite3.Result.Row)
            {
                var obj = new object[colLenght];
                lstRes.Add(obj);
                for (int i = 0; i < colLenght; i++)
                {
                     var columnType = SQLitePCL.raw.sqlite3_column_decltype(stQuery, i);

                     switch (columnType)
                     {
                         case "text":
                              obj[i] = SQLite3.ColumnString(stQuery, i);
                              break;
                         case "int":
                               obj[i] = SQLite3.ColumnInt(stQuery, i);
                               break;
                         case "real":
                               obj[i] = SQLite3.ColumnDouble(stQuery, i);
                               break;
                         case "blob":
                               obj[i] = SQLite3.ColumnBlob(stQuery, i);
                               break;
                         case "null":
                               obj[i] = null;
                               break;
                      }
                }
            }
            return lstRes;
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            return null;
        }
        finally
        {
            if (stQuery != null)
            {
                SQLite3.Finalize(stQuery); 
            }
        }
    }