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

Using the GitHubDataAdapter

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 GitHubDataAdapter is slower than the GitHubDataReader because the Fill method needs to retrieve all data from the data source before returning.

The following example selects the Name and OwnerLogin columns of the Repositories table:

C#

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

using (GitHubConnection connection = new GitHubConnection(connectionString)) {
  GitHubDataAdapter dataAdapter = new GitHubDataAdapter(
  "SELECT Name, OwnerLogin FROM Repositories", connection);

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

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

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

VB.NET

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

Using connection As New GitHubConnection(connectionString)
  Dim dataAdapter As New GitHubDataAdapter("SELECT Name, OwnerLogin FROM Repositories", connection)

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

  Console.WriteLine("Contents of Repositories.")

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