Index: System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteDataReader.cs
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--- System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteDataReader.cs
+++ System.Data.SQLite/SQLiteDataReader.cs
@@ -120,10 +120,19 @@
     private void CheckClosed()
     {
       if (_command == null)
         throw new InvalidOperationException("DataReader has been closed");
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Throw an error if a row is not loaded
+    /// </summary>
+    private void CheckValidRow()
+    {
+      if (_readingState != 0)
+        throw new InvalidOperationException("No current row");
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Enumerator support
     /// </summary>
     /// <returns>Returns a DbEnumerator object.</returns>
@@ -169,10 +178,11 @@
     /// </returns>
     /// <param name="i">The index of the column to type-check</param>
     /// <param name="typ">The type we want to get out of the column</param>
     private void VerifyType(int i, DbType typ)
     {
+      CheckValidRow();
       SQLiteType t = GetSQLiteType(i);
 
       if (t.Type == typ) return;
 
         // Coercable type, usually a literal of some kind
@@ -596,11 +606,10 @@
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="values">The array to fill with values from the columns in the current resultset</param>
     /// <returns>The number of columns retrieved</returns>
     public override int GetValues(object[] values)
     {
-      CheckClosed();
       int nMax = _fieldCount;
       if (values.Length < nMax) nMax = values.Length;
 
       for (int n = 0; n < nMax; n++)
       {