Flight Log / dotnet/dotnet-api-docs #11461

Fix incorrect exception type in DataTableReader.GetOrdinal documentation — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight

The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in dotnet/dotnet-api-docs on Jun 17, 2025; merged clean in 23.5 h, merged by @gewarren: +1 −1, 2 files, 2 reviews.

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GitHub Copilot handles a fix task in dotnet/dotnet-api-docs. The Remarks section of DataTableReader.GetOrdinal wrongly states that IndexOutOfRangeException is thrown for a missing column, contradicting the Exceptions section and examples. The change spans two files in two commits. A reviewer confirms the implementation throws ArgumentException. It merges clean after 23.51 hours with zero change requests.

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The documentation for `DataTableReader.GetOrdinal(string name)` incorrectly stated in the Remarks section that an `IndexOutOfRangeException` is thrown when a column name is not found. This contradicted both the method's Exceptions section and the supporting code examples, which correctly indicate th…

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  1. —committedcopilot-swe-agent[bot]
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  3. —reviewed
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  5. Jun 18, 2025closedgewarren
  6. Jun 18, 2025mergedgewarren
  7. Jun 18, 2025closedgewarren

Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#11461, record updated Nov 3, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/11461/

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