You can access the same column information about the results of a query that you can for table schemas. See Columns for the columns returned.

Retrieving Result Set Metadata

You can use the GetSchemaTable method of the InformixDataReader to retrieve result set metadata. Call GetSchemaTable after calling ExecuteReader.

Each row of the DataTable describes a column in the query's result.

C#

string connectionString = "Server=10.0.1.2;Port=50000;User=admin;Password=admin;Database=test";

using (InformixConnection conn = new InformixConnection(connectionString)) {
  InformixCommand cmd = new InformixCommand("SELECT * FROM [informix].Books WHERE Category = 'US'", conn);
  InformixDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
  DataTable schemaTable = rdr.GetSchemaTable();
  foreach (DataRow row in schemaTable.Rows) {
    foreach (DataColumn col in schemaTable.Columns) {
      Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", col.ColumnName, row[col]);
    }
  }
}

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As String = "Server=10.0.1.2;Port=50000;User=admin;Password=admin;Database=test"

Using conn As New InformixConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New InformixCommand("SELECT * FROM [informix].Books WHERE Category = 'US'", conn)
  Dim rdr As InformixDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
  Dim schemaTable As DataTable = rdr.GetSchemaTable()
  For Each row As DataRow In schemaTable.Rows
    For Each col As DataColumn In schemaTable.Columns
      Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", col.ColumnName, row(col))
    Next
  Next
End Using