SqlCeUpdatableRecord.GetChars Method

Copies a length of chars into the buffer, starting at a specified position in the specified field.

Namespace: System.Data.SqlServerCe
Assembly: System.Data.SqlServerCe (in system.data.sqlserverce.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetChars ( _
    ordinal As Integer, _
    dataIndex As Long, _
    buffer As Char(), _
    bufferIndex As Integer, _
    length As Integer _
) As Long

public long GetChars (
    int ordinal,
    long dataIndex,
    char[] buffer,
    int bufferIndex,
    int length
)

public:
virtual long long GetChars (
    int ordinal, 
    long long dataIndex, 
    array<wchar_t>^ buffer, 
    int bufferIndex, 
    int length
) sealed

public final long GetChars (
    int ordinal, 
    long dataIndex, 
    char[] buffer, 
    int bufferIndex, 
    int length
)

public final function GetChars (
    ordinal : int, 
    dataIndex : long, 
    buffer : char[], 
    bufferIndex : int, 
    length : int
) : long

Parameters

• ordinal
  The ordinal position of the field from which to retrieve data.

• dataIndex
  The offset (in chars) within the field from which to start copying.

• buffer
  The buffer into which to copy the data.

• bufferIndex
  The offset within the buffer from which to start the copy.

• length
  The maximum number of bytes to copy.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2003, Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, Windows CE 5.0
Version Information
.NET Framework and NET Compact Framework
Supported in 3.5
.NET Framework
Supported in 3.0
.NET Compact Framework and .Net Framework
Supported in 2.0

See Also

Reference

SqlCeUpdatableRecord Class
SqlCeUpdatableRecord Members
System.Data.SqlServerCe Namespace