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+++ b/Source/Data/ScalarSourceType.cs	Thu Mar 27 21:46:09 2014 +0400
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+namespace BLToolkit.Data
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Defines the method how a scalar value is returned from the server.
+	/// </summary>
+	public enum ScalarSourceType
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// A call to <see cref="DbManager"/>.<see cref="DbManager.ExecuteReader()"/>
+		/// then <see cref="System.Data.IDataReader"/>.<see cref="System.Data.IDataReader.GetValue(int)"/>.
+		/// </summary>
+		DataReader,
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// A call to <see cref="DbManager"/>.<see cref="DbManager.ExecuteNonQuery()"/>.
+		/// An output parameter <see cref="System.Data.IDbDataParameter.Value"/> is used.
+		/// </summary>
+		OutputParameter,
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// A call to <see cref="DbManager"/>.<see cref="DbManager.ExecuteNonQuery()"/>.
+		/// The return parameter <see cref="System.Data.IDbDataParameter.Value"/> is used.
+		/// </summary>
+		ReturnValue,
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Same as <see cref="DbManager"/>.<see cref="DbManager.ExecuteNonQuery()"/>.
+		/// Useful for an abstract <see cref="BLToolkit.DataAccess.DataAccessor"/>.
+		/// </summary>
+		AffectedRows,
+	}
+}