vb net store multiple datareader results into one string variable

Question

i have a query like SELECT ITEM FROM DETAIL WHERE TID="1". that will return the results like

m4, c1, f2, d5, k2

i'm using DATAREADER to get the multiple value results

and here's the code

Dim res as string = "SELECT ITEM FROM DETAIL WHERE TID='1'"
CMD = New MySqlCommand(res, con)
result = CMD.ExecuteReader()
while result.HasRows
  result.Read()
  array(indeks) = result("ITEM")
end while

now instead storing results one by one into each array's index,

array(0)=m4

array(1)=c1,.....

i want to store all of that into single string variable with format like 'm4', 'c1', 'f2', 'd5', 'k2'

the format is a single quote and commas(,) as separator for each results like example above (the commas only appear if there's still a result)

how could i do that in vb.net? i'm using mysql as database

UPDATED CODE

    Dim cnt As String = "select count(*) from detail where kode_faktur= '" & 1 & "' "
    Dim max As Int32
    CMD_sup = New MySqlCommand(cnt, conn.konek)
    max = Convert.ToInt32(CMD_sup.ExecuteScalar())
    CMD_sup.Connection.Close()

    Dim result As MySqlDataReader

    Dim resultString As String
    Dim isFirstResult = True

    Dim arayITEM() As String
    Dim res As String = "select kode_brg from detail where kode_faktur= '" & 1 & "' "
    CMD = New MySqlCommand(res, conn.konek)
    result = CMD.ExecuteReader()


    ReDim arayITEM(max)
    If result.HasRows Then
        For i As Integer = 0 To max - 1
            result.Read()
            arayITEM(i) = result("kode_brg")
        Next
    End If

    resultString = "'" & String.Join("','", arayITEM) & "'"
    'MsgBox("HASIL : " & resultString)

here's the screenshoot

i don't need separator at the end of last array's element (,'')

Answer 1

How about this :

Dim res as string = "SELECT ITEM FROM DETAIL WHERE TID='1'"
CMD = New MySqlCommand(res, con)
result = CMD.ExecuteReader()
Dim resultString as String = ""
Dim isFirstResult = True
while result.HasRows
  result.Read()
  If Not isFirstResult Then 
    resultString &= string.Format(",'{0}'",result("ITEM"))
  Else 
    isFirstResult = False
    resultString &= string.Format("'{0}'",result("ITEM"))
  End If
end while

Or if you want to keep using the array but also need the single string version, you can convert the array using String.Join :

Dim resultString As String = "'" & String.Join("','", array) & "'"

String.Join is clever enough to add separator only if next element exists. So both approach above should produce the same result.

Answer 2

Dim res as string = "SELECT ITEM FROM DETAIL WHERE TID='1'"
CMD = New MySqlCommand(res, con)


' Read data from database
Dim result As New ArrayList()
Dr = CMD.ExecuteReader()

' Add each entry to array list
While Dr.Read()
    ' Insert each column into a dictionary
    Dim dict As New Dictionary(Of String, Object)
    For count As Integer = 0 To (Dr.FieldCount - 1)
        dict.Add(Dr.GetName(count), Dr(count))
    Next

    ' Add the dictionary to the ArrayList
    result.Add(dict & ", ")
End While
Dr.Close()

So, now you could loop through result with a for loop like this:

For Each dat As Dictionary(Of String, Object) In result
     Console.Write(dat("ColName"))
Next

Quite similar to how you would do it if it were just the DataReader:

While Dr.Read()
    Console.Write(Dr("ColName"))
End While

Code from : Reference I have modified it as what you want, but without testing. hope can help you.