The CData ADO.NET Provider for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions implements two ADO.NET interfaces you can use to retrieve data from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions: LinkedInAdsDataAdapter and LinkedInAdsDataReader objects. Whereas LinkedInAdsDataAdapter objects retrieve a single result set of all the data that matches a query, LinkedInAdsDataReader objects fetch data in subset increments as needed.

Using the LinkedInAdsDataAdapter

Use the adapter's Fill method to retrieve data from the data source. An empty DataTable instance is passed as an argument to the Fill method. When the method returns, the DataTable instance is populated with the queried data. Note that the LinkedInAdsDataAdapter is slower than the LinkedInAdsDataReader because the Fill method needs to retrieve all data from the data source before returning.

The following example selects the VisibilityCode and Comment columns of the Analytics table:

C#

string connectionString = "InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:portNumber;";

using (LinkedInAdsConnection connection = new LinkedInAdsConnection(connectionString)) {
  LinkedInAdsDataAdapter dataAdapter = new LinkedInAdsDataAdapter(
  "SELECT VisibilityCode, Comment FROM Analytics", connection);

  DataTable table = new DataTable();
  dataAdapter.Fill(table);

  Console.WriteLine("Contents of Analytics.");

  foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows) {
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", row["VisibilityCode"], row["Comment"]);
  }
}

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As String = "InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:portNumber;"

Using connection As New LinkedInAdsConnection(connectionString)
  Dim dataAdapter As New LinkedInAdsDataAdapter("SELECT VisibilityCode, Comment FROM Analytics", connection)

  Dim table As New DataTable()
  dataAdapter.Fill(table)

  Console.WriteLine("Contents of Analytics.")

  For Each row As DataRow In table.Rows
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", row("VisibilityCode"), row("Comment"))
  Next
End Using