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

Using the SAPHANADataAdapter

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

The following example selects the Id and ProductName columns of the Products table:

C#

string connectionString = "User=system;Password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=systemdb;";

using (SAPHANAConnection connection = new SAPHANAConnection(connectionString)) {
  SAPHANADataAdapter dataAdapter = new SAPHANADataAdapter(
  "SELECT Id, ProductName FROM \"SYSTEMDB\".\"DEMO\".Products", connection);

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

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

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

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As String = "User=system;Password=mypassword;Server=localhost;Database=systemdb;"

Using connection As New SAPHANAConnection(connectionString)
  Dim dataAdapter As New SAPHANADataAdapter("SELECT Id, ProductName FROM \"SYSTEMDB\".\"DEMO\".Products", connection)

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

  Console.WriteLine("Contents of Products.")

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