Return json value from WEBAPI

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Guys i have sql query which return Json string in Asp.Net C# i am unable return it please help me out of it. and i dont want to use datareader.

What I have tried:

public Employee Get()
        {
            SqlDataReader reader = null;
            SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection();
            myConnection.ConnectionString = @"Data Source=Demo\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=DB;User ID=xyz;Password=xyz123;Connection Timeout=1800;";

            SqlCommand sqlCmd = new SqlCommand();
            sqlCmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
            string jsonOutputParam = "@jsonOutput";
            //sqlCmd.CommandText = "Create_JSON_ProjectList";
            //sqlCmd.Parameters.Add(jsonOutputParam, SqlDbType.NVarChar, -1).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
            sqlCmd.Connection = myConnection;
            myConnection.Open();
            string st = "select projectName from QryProjectWithDepartmentDetails ORDER BY projectName DESC FOR JSON PATH, WITHOUT_ARRAY_WRAPPER";
            //FOR JSON PATH, WITHOUT_ARRAY_WRAPPER)";
            sqlCmd = new SqlCommand(st, myConnection);
            reader = sqlCmd.ExecuteReader();
            Employee emp = null;
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                emp = new Employee();
                emp.DepartmentNmae = reader["projectName"].ToString();
               
            }
            return emp;
            myConnection.Close();  
        }

Posted 6-Dec-18 17:49pm

Raghav Panalkar

Updated 7-Dec-18 2:23am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2018-12-07T02:23:00

Your query will return one or more rows with a single string column that has an auto-generated name:
Format Query Results as JSON with FOR JSON (SQL Server) | Microsoft Docs[^]
Use FOR JSON output in SQL Server and in client apps (SQL Server) | Microsoft Docs[^]

C#

using (var myConnection = new SqlConnection("...")
using (var sqlCmd = new SqlCommand("select projectName from QryProjectWithDepartmentDetails ORDER BY projectName DESC FOR JSON PATH, WITHOUT_ARRAY_WRAPPER", myConnection))
{
    myConnection.Open();
    
    var sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
    using (var reader = sqlCmd.ExecuteReader())
    {
        while (reader.Read())
        {
            sb.Append(reader.GetString(0));
        }
    }
    
    return new Employee { DepartmentName = sb.ToString() };
}

NB: You should avoid hard-coding your connection strings. Read them from the config file instead:
How to: Read Connection Strings from the Web.config File | Microsoft Docs[^]