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Tilde in SQL & ASP.NET DataReader

Member_2_1242703 asked on 2/15/2010

.NET Programming ASP.NET Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4 Comments1 Solution715 ViewsLast Modified: 5/9/2012

I have a datareader bringing in information and assigning it to a label using the code below. Whenever it runs into a tilde (~) in one of the datasets, it chops it off and everything prior to it. How can I get around this?

Private Sub ReadNext()
        Me.ResetDataReader()
        If CType(Session.Item("reader"), Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader).Read() Then
            If Not CType(Session.Item("reader"), Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader)("DESCRIPTION") Is DBNull.Value Then
                Label4.Text = CType(Session.Item("reader"), Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader)("DESCRIPTION").ToString
            Else
                Label4.Text = ""
            End If
           
            
    Private Sub ResetDataReader()
        Dim myConn As New Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(myConnString)
        Dim mySelectQuery As String = "SELECT * FROM tblMain"
        myCommand = New Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConn)
        myConn.Open()
        myReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader
        Session.Item("reader") = myReader
    End Sub