/// <summary>
        /// Create and prepare a TurboDBCommand, and call ExecuteReader with the appropriate CommandBehavior.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// If we created and opened the connection, we want the connection to be closed when the DataReader is closed.
        /// 
        /// If the caller provided the connection, we want to leave it to them to manage.
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="connection">A valid TurboDBConnection, on which to execute this command</param>
        /// <param name="transaction">A valid TurboDBTransaction, or 'null'</param>
        /// <param name="commandType">The CommandType (TableDirect, Text)</param>
        /// <param name="commandText">The T-SQL command</param>
        /// <param name="commandParameters">An array of TurboDBParameters to be associated with the command or 'null' if no parameters are required</param>
        /// <param name="connectionOwnership">Indicates whether the connection parameter was provided by the caller, or created by TurboDBHelper</param>
        /// <returns>TurboDBDataReader containing the results of the command</returns>
        private static TurboDBDataReader ExecuteReader(TurboDBConnection connection, TurboDBTransaction transaction, CommandType commandType, string commandText, TurboDBParameter[] commandParameters, TurboDBConnectionOwnership connectionOwnership)
        {
            if( connection == null ) throw new ArgumentNullException( "connection" );

            bool mustCloseConnection = false;
            // Create a command and prepare it for execution
            TurboDBCommand cmd = new TurboDBCommand();
            try
            {
                PrepareCommand(cmd, connection, transaction, commandType, commandText, commandParameters, out mustCloseConnection );

                // Create a reader
                TurboDBDataReader dataReader;

                // Call ExecuteReader with the appropriate CommandBehavior
                if (connectionOwnership == TurboDBConnectionOwnership.External)
                {
                    dataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
                }
                else
                {
                    dataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection);
                }

                // Detach the TurboDBParameters from the command object, so they can be used again.
                // HACK: There is a problem here, the output parameter values are fletched
                // when the reader is closed, so if the parameters are detached from the command
                // then the TurboDBReader can´t set its values.
                // When this happen, the parameters can´t be used again in other command.
                bool canClear = true;
                foreach(TurboDBParameter commandParameter in cmd.Parameters)
                {
                    if (commandParameter.Direction != ParameterDirection.Input)
                        canClear = false;
                }

                if (canClear)
                {
                    cmd.Parameters.Clear();
                }

                return dataReader;
            }
            catch
            {
                if( mustCloseConnection )
                    connection.Close();
                throw;
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Execute a TurboDBCommand (that returns a resultset) against the specified TurboDBConnection 
        /// using the provided parameters.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// e.g.:  
        /// string  r = ExecuteXml(conn, CommandType.Text, "Select * from TableTransaction where ProdId=?", new TurboDBParameter("@prodid", 24));
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="connection">A valid TurboDBConnection</param>
        /// <param name="commandType">The CommandType (TableDirect, Text)</param>
        /// <param name="commandText">The T-SQL command using "FOR XML AUTO"</param>
        /// <param name="commandParameters">An array of TurboDBParamters used to execute the command</param>
        /// <returns>An string containing the resultset generated by the command</returns>
        public static string ExecuteXml(TurboDBConnection connection, CommandType commandType, string commandText, params TurboDBParameter[] commandParameters)
        {
            if( connection == null ) throw new ArgumentNullException( "connection" );

            bool mustCloseConnection = false;
            // Create a command and prepare it for execution
            TurboDBCommand cmd = new TurboDBCommand();
            try
            {
                PrepareCommand(cmd, connection, (TurboDBTransaction)null, commandType, commandText, commandParameters, out mustCloseConnection );

                // Create the DataAdapter & DataSet
                TurboDBDataAdapter obj_Adapter =new TurboDBDataAdapter (cmd);
                DataSet ds=new DataSet();
                ds.Locale  =CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
                obj_Adapter.Fill(ds);

                // Detach the TurboDBParameters from the command object, so they can be used again
                cmd.Parameters.Clear();
                string retval= ds.GetXml();
                 ds.Clear();
                 obj_Adapter.Dispose ();
                return retval;

            }
            catch
            {
                if( mustCloseConnection )
                    connection.Close();
                throw;
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Execute a TurboDBCommand (that returns a 1x1 resultset) against the specified TurboDBConnection 
        /// using the provided parameters.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// e.g.:  
        ///  int orderCount = (int)ExecuteScalar(conn, CommandType.Text, "Select count(Order) from TableTransaction where ProdId=?", new TurboDBParameter("@prodid", 24));
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="connection">A valid TurboDBConnection</param>
        /// <param name="commandType">The CommandType (TableDirect, Text)</param>
        /// <param name="commandText">The T-SQL command</param>
        /// <param name="commandParameters">An array of TurboDBParamters used to execute the command</param>
        /// <returns>An object containing the value in the 1x1 resultset generated by the command</returns>
        public static object ExecuteScalar(TurboDBConnection connection, CommandType commandType, string commandText, params TurboDBParameter[] commandParameters)
        {
            if( connection == null ) throw new ArgumentNullException( "connection" );

            // Create a command and prepare it for execution
            TurboDBCommand cmd = new TurboDBCommand();

            bool mustCloseConnection = false;
            PrepareCommand(cmd, connection, (TurboDBTransaction)null, commandType, commandText, commandParameters, out mustCloseConnection );

            // Execute the command & return the results
            object retval = cmd.ExecuteScalar();

            // Detach the TurboDBParameters from the command object, so they can be used again
            cmd.Parameters.Clear();

            if( mustCloseConnection )
                connection.Close();

            return retval;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Execute a TurboDBCommand (that returns a resultset) against the database specified in the connection string 
        /// using the provided parameters.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// e.g.:  
        ///  TurboDBDataReader dr = ExecuteReader(connString, CommandType.Text, "Select Orderid from TableTransaction where ProdId=?", new TurboDBParameter("@prodid", 24));
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="connectionString">A valid connection string for a TurboDBConnection</param>
        /// <param name="commandType">The CommandType (TableDirect, Text)</param>
        /// <param name="commandText">The T-SQL command</param>
        /// <param name="commandParameters">An array of TurboDBParamters used to execute the command</param>
        /// <returns>A TurboDBDataReader containing the resultset generated by the command</returns>
        public static TurboDBDataReader ExecuteReader(string connectionString, CommandType commandType, string commandText, params TurboDBParameter[] commandParameters)
        {
            if( connectionString == null || connectionString.Length == 0 ) throw new ArgumentNullException( "connectionString" );
            TurboDBConnection connection = null;
            try
            {
                connection = new TurboDBConnection(connectionString);

                // Call the private overload that takes an internally owned connection in place of the connection string
                return ExecuteReader(connection, null, commandType, commandText, commandParameters,TurboDBConnectionOwnership.Internal);
            }
            catch
            {
                // If we fail to return the TurboDBDatReader, we need to close the connection ourselves
                if( connection != null ) connection.Close();
                throw;
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Execute a TurboDBCommand (that returns a resultset) against the specified TurboDBConnection 
        /// using the provided parameters.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// e.g.:  
        ///  DataSet ds = ExecuteDataset(conn, CommandType.Text, "Select * from TableTransaction where ProdId=?", new TurboDBParameter("@prodid", 24));
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="connection">A valid TurboDBConnection</param>
        /// <param name="commandType">The CommandType (TableDirect, Text)</param>
        /// <param name="commandText">The T-SQL command</param>
        /// <param name="commandParameters">An array of TurboDBParamters used to execute the command</param>
        /// <returns>A dataset containing the resultset generated by the command</returns>
        public static DataSet ExecuteDataset(TurboDBConnection connection, CommandType commandType, string commandText, params TurboDBParameter[] commandParameters)
        {
            if( connection == null ) throw new ArgumentNullException( "connection" );

            // Create a command and prepare it for execution
            TurboDBCommand cmd = new TurboDBCommand();
            bool mustCloseConnection = false;
            PrepareCommand(cmd, connection, (TurboDBTransaction)null, commandType, commandText, commandParameters, out mustCloseConnection );

            // Create the DataAdapter & DataSet
            TurboDBDataAdapter da = new TurboDBDataAdapter(cmd);

            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            ds.Locale  =CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

            // Fill the DataSet using default values for DataTable names, etc
            da.Fill(ds);

            // Detach the TurboDBParameters from the command object, so they can be used again
            cmd.Parameters.Clear();

            if( mustCloseConnection )
                connection.Close();

            // Return the dataset
            return ds;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Private helper method that execute a TurboDBCommand (that returns a resultset) against the specified TurboDBTransaction and TurboDBConnection
        /// using the provided parameters.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// e.g.:  
        ///  FillDataset(conn, trans, CommandType.Text, "Select * from TableTransaction where ProdId=?", ds, new string[] {"orders"}, new TurboDBParameter("@prodid", 24));
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="connection">A valid TurboDBConnection</param>
        /// <param name="transaction">A valid TurboDBTransaction</param>
        /// <param name="commandType">The CommandType (TableDirect, Text)</param>
        /// <param name="commandText">The T-SQL command</param>
        /// <param name="dataSet">A dataset wich will contain the resultset generated by the command</param>
        /// <param name="tableNames">This array will be used to create table mappings allowing the DataTables to be referenced
        /// by a user defined name (probably the actual table name)
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="commandParameters">An array of TurboDBParamters used to execute the command</param>
        private static void FillDataset(TurboDBConnection connection, TurboDBTransaction transaction, CommandType commandType, 
			string commandText, DataSet dataSet, string[] tableNames,
			params TurboDBParameter[] commandParameters)
        {
            if( connection == null ) throw new ArgumentNullException( "connection" );
            if( dataSet == null ) throw new ArgumentNullException( "dataSet" );

            // Create a command and prepare it for execution
            TurboDBCommand command = new TurboDBCommand();
            bool mustCloseConnection = false;
            PrepareCommand(command, connection, transaction, commandType, commandText, commandParameters, out mustCloseConnection );

            // Create the DataAdapter & DataSet
            TurboDBDataAdapter dataAdapter = new TurboDBDataAdapter(command);

            try
            {
                // Add the table mappings specified by the user
                if (tableNames != null && tableNames.Length > 0)
                {
                    string tableName = "Table";
                    for (int index=0; index < tableNames.Length; index++)
                    {
                        if( tableNames[index] == null || tableNames[index].Length == 0 ) throw new ArgumentException( "The tableNames parameter must contain a list of tables, a value was provided as null or empty string.", "tableNames" );
                        dataAdapter.TableMappings.Add(tableName, tableNames[index]);
                        tableName += (index + 1).ToString();
                    }
                }

                // Fill the DataSet using default values for DataTable names, etc
                dataAdapter.Fill(dataSet);

                // Detach the TurboDBParameters from the command object, so they can be used again
                command.Parameters.Clear();

                if( mustCloseConnection )
                    connection.Close();
            }
            finally
            {
                dataAdapter.Dispose();
            }
        }