Retrieving multiple rows from stored procedures - asp.net

Question

My stored procedure proc_search returns only the name on execution and I have been using the following code in ASP.NET to display the value...
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("proc_search", con);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Parameters.Add("#branch", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = branchidtext.Text;
cmd.Parameters.Add("#Acct", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = accountidtext.Text;
SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
while (reader.Read())
{
nametext.Text = reader[0].ToString();
}
If I have a procedure which returns multiple columns and multiple rows like Name, Address, Age... How do I display it in the text boxes? Please help.

Answer 1

If you know exact order of data you can say
while (reader.Read())
{
nametext.Text = reader[0].ToString();
agetext.Text = reader[1].ToString();
addresstext.Text = reader[2].ToString();
}
etc... If you don't know the ordering than say
while (reader.Read())
{
nametext.Text = reader["Name"].ToString();
agetext.Text = reader["Age"].ToString();
addresstext.Text = reader["Address"].ToString();
}

Answer 2

Use this kind of method. This will retun dataset having multiple rows and cols
public DataSet GetDataSet()
{
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(con);
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter();
SqlCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = "proc_search";
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
da.SelectCommand = cmd;
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
conn.Open();
da.Fill(ds);
conn.Close();
return ds;
}