Can I create a SqlDataReader and provide it with values without having to return a SqlDataReader from another object e.g. SqlCommand.ExecuteReader()?

I am assuming you are not using a mocking framework. It would help to do so, but you should probably mock the IDataReader as suggested above. Here is a previous question that uses RhinoMocks.

That may help.

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