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You're right, that's seems to be how it works, but I don't see anything in the documentation saying that MyReader(&quot;x&quot;) is the same as MyReader.Item(&quot;x&quot;).
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You're right, that's seems to be how it works, but I don't see anything in the documentation saying that MyReader("x") is the same as MyReader.Item("x").

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If you try i(I've tried it) to write the command and open a &quot;(&quot; you will see the syntax...<br />
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If you try i(I've tried it) to write the command and open a "(" you will see the syntax...


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What is happening in the 3rd line of code here:<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-28019448-1">MyReader = command3.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)
If MyReader.Read Then
     FromAddress = MyReader(&quot;Email&quot;)</code></pre>
It looks like it is calling a constructor of MyReader but I see nothing in the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqldatareader.aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb#code-snippet-1" rel="ugc">documentation </a>like that.
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What is happening in the 3rd line of code here:
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It looks like it is calling a constructor of MyReader but I see nothing in the documentation  (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqldatareader.aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb#code-snippet-1)like that.

SqlDataReader Class constructor

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