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

Using the EpicorERPDataAdapter

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

The following example selects the CustNum and Company columns of the Customers table:

C#

string connectionString = "Service=Erp.BO.CustomerSvc;ERPInstance=MyInstance;URL=https://myaccount.epicorsaas.com;User=username;Password=password;";

using (EpicorERPConnection connection = new EpicorERPConnection(connectionString)) {
  EpicorERPDataAdapter dataAdapter = new EpicorERPDataAdapter(
  "SELECT CustNum, Company FROM Customers", connection);

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

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

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

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As String = "Service=Erp.BO.CustomerSvc;ERPInstance=MyInstance;URL=https://myaccount.epicorsaas.com;User=username;Password=password;"

Using connection As New EpicorERPConnection(connectionString)
  Dim dataAdapter As New EpicorERPDataAdapter("SELECT CustNum, Company FROM Customers", connection)

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

  Console.WriteLine("Contents of Customers.")

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