 <p>Use the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqldatareader.read.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>SqlDataReader.Read</code></a> method:</p> <pre><code>while (sqlDREmailAddr.Read()) { ... // Assumes only one column is returned with the email address strEmailAddress = sqlDREmailAddr.GetString(0); } </code></pre>