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Return Multiple Columns on MySQL Queries

I have a MySQL Connection that works, but I can only 1 column per query. Here is my Connection Class:

    class clsMySqlODBCConnection
    {
        public int QueryType = 0;
        public System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection OdbcCon;
        public System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand OdbcCom;
        public System.Data.Odbc.OdbcDataReader OdbcDR;
        public string ConStr;
        private string MySqlServer = "linux02", MySqlPort = "", MySqlDatabase = "EbtronSystems", MySqlUser = "ebtron", MySqlUserPass = "ebtron", MySqlOption = "3";

        public clsMySqlODBCConnection()
        {
            ConStr = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};SERVER=" + MySqlServer + ";PORT=" + MySqlPort + ";DATABASE=" + MySqlDatabase + ";UID=" + MySqlUser + ";PWD=" + MySqlUserPass + ";OPTION=" + MySqlOption + "";
            OdbcCon = new System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection(ConStr);
           
            try
            {
                //txtLog.AppendText("Openning connection...\r\n");
                if (OdbcCon.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
                {
                    OdbcCon.Open();
                }
                //txtLog.AppendText("Connection opened\r\n");
                //MessageBox.Show("Connection opened\r\n");
            }
            catch (System.Data.Odbc.OdbcException Ex)
            {
                //txtLog.AppendText(Ex.Message + "\r\n");
                //MessageBox.Show("Could not access the database.\r\nPlease make sure you completed the fields with the correct information and try again.\r\n\r\nMore details:\r\n" + Ex.Message, "Database connection error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
            }
        }
        public void MySqlDisconnection()
        {
            if (OdbcCon.State == ConnectionState.Open)
            {
                OdbcCon.Close();
                //MessageBox.Show("Connected Closed\r\n");
            }
        }

        public string[] MySQLQuery(string qry, int fldidx)
        {
            List<string> list = new List<string>();

            string tStr = null;     // the following is not needed: = Convert.ToString(null);
            if (OdbcCon.State == ConnectionState.Open)
            {
                OdbcCom = new System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand(qry, OdbcCon);
                if (fldidx >= 0)
                {
                    OdbcDR = OdbcCom.ExecuteReader();
                    while (OdbcDR.Read())
                    {
                        tStr = Convert.ToString(OdbcDR[fldidx]);
                        list.Add(tStr);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    OdbcCom.ExecuteNonQuery();
                    QueryType = 1;
                }
            }
            return list.ToArray();
        }
        public void MySQLNONQuery(string qry)
        {
            if (OdbcCon.State == ConnectionState.Open)
            {
                OdbcCom = new System.Data.Odbc.OdbcCommand(qry, OdbcCon);
                OdbcCom.ExecuteNonQuery();
                QueryType = 1;
            }
        }

        public object InitializeCnnObject()
        {
            // Create and initilize a recordset to represent the User Table
            clsMySqlODBCConnection OpenConnection = new clsMySqlODBCConnection();
            return OpenConnection;
        }
    }
////////////////////


I run a query like this:

string[] strQryResults = null;

strQryResults = OpenConnection.MySQLQuery("SELECT * FROM AdvantageOrderForm WHERE ItemIndexNumber = '" + tmpItemIndexNumber + "'", 0);

I can return only one column I have to run another query in order to get another column:

strQryResults = OpenConnection.MySQLQuery("SELECT * FROM AdvantageOrderForm WHERE ItemIndexNumber = '" + tmpItemIndexNumber + "'", 1);

I have a table with more than 50 columns, it takes nearly a minute to run all those queries. I need to be able to run 1 query and be able to get results for all the columns.

I know this is all because of my function:
public string[] MySQLQuery(string qry, int fldidx)

But I'm pretty new to DotNet and also to C#, so I'm not sure how to make it work.

Thanks for any help
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You can only get one column because the clsMySqlODBCConnection class _that you wrote_ (.Net style guildelines recommend against prefixes like 'cls', by the way) only returns one column.  If you want more, make your data wrapper class return more.  All the columns are there in the data reader.
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Wow, the prefix "cls" is not good. Never knew that. What would having the prefix do to hurt me?

How do I get the other columns from the data reader? Changes would I have to do to the wrapper
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I'm trying to return the results using the function presented.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            clsMySqlODBCConnection MySQLConn = new clsMySqlODBCConnection();
            IDataReader qryResults = null;

            qryResults = MySQLConn.MySQLQuery("SELECT * FROM `MainIndex` WHERE `SerialNumber` =110477");

            qryResults["ItemIndexNumber"];
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Am I getting so far. Or what do I have wrong?
You have to read from your datareader before referencing any columns.
I'm sorry I'm still not getting this right. By the way I was studying this and found SqlDataReader, whats the difference? Some say SqlDataReader runs faster...
Am I anywhere close here:

            clsMySqlODBCConnection MySQLConn = new clsMySqlODBCConnection();

            MySQLConn.MySQLQuery("SELECT * FROM `MainIndex` WHERE `SerialNumber` =110477");

            MySQLConn.OdbcDR[0];

I'm sure MySQLConn.OdbcDR[0]; is wrong, just don't know where to go from there
Oh Think I have it now, this seems to work:

            string tStr1,tStr2 = null;
            string tResults = null;

            MySQLConn.MySQLQuery("SELECT * FROM `MainIndex` WHERE `SerialNumber` =110477");

            while (MySQLConn.OdbcDR.Read())
            {
                tStr1 = Convert.ToString(MySQLConn.OdbcDR["ItemIndexNumber"]);
                tStr2 = Convert.ToString(MySQLConn.OdbcDR["SerialNumber"]);
                MessageBox.Show(tStr1 + " - " + tStr2);
            }

Odbc is generally slower than a native provider.  However, SqlDataReader is for SQL Server only.  For MySQL I would install the MySQL provider, Connector/Net:
http://www.mysql.com/products/connector/net/

Thanks alot