How to move to first record in my data reader

I have the following code....

VB Code:

commSQL.Connection = cn
                commSQL.CommandText = "Select Stores From EmpStores_View Where " & _
                "LoginName = '" & Request.Cookies("LoginName").Value & "' Order By Stores"
                datRead = commSQL.ExecuteReader
 
                strDistStores = ""
                Do While datRead.Read
                    If strDistStores.Trim() = "" Then
                        strDistStores = "And (Location = '" & _
                        datRead.Item("Stores") & "'"
                    Else
                        strDistStores += " Or Location = '" & _
                        datRead.Item("Stores") & "'"
                    End If
                Loop
                strDistStores += ")"

Now when I'm done here, I want to bind this same datasource to a combo box.

What I don't know how to do is get to the first record after I run it through my loop.

Thanks

A datareader is a one shot deal. Once you go through it your done. I don't think you can read it again and you can't go backwards. You might want to return a dataset, or use the datareaders next results and do a second query in your stored procedure.

Also remember that your datareader is connected - so you want to close it as soon as possible to release the open connection to the database. It is also readonly.

Datareader is forward-only, read-only. If you are wanting to navigate through the records you'll need to use a DataSet.