Reads a stream of characters from the specified column, starting at location indicated by dataOffset, into the buffer, starting at the location indicated by bufferOffset.
 
    Namespace: 
   Dse.Data
    Assembly:
   Dse (in Dse.dll) Version: 2.6.0
Syntaxpublic override long GetChars(
	int ordinal,
	long dataOffset,
	char[] buffer,
	int bufferOffset,
	int length
)
Parameters
- ordinal
 - Type: SystemInt32
The zero-based column ordinal. - dataOffset
 - Type: SystemInt64
The index within the row from which to begin the read operation. - buffer
 - Type: SystemChar
The buffer into which to copy the data. - bufferOffset
 - Type: SystemInt32
The index with the buffer to which the data will be copied. - length
 - Type: SystemInt32
The maximum number of characters to read. 
Return Value
Type: 
Int64The actual number of characters read.
Implements
IDataRecordGetChars(Int32, Int64, Char, Int32, Int32)
Exceptions| Exception | Condition | 
|---|
| IndexOutOfRangeException | The index passed was outside the range of 0 through FieldCount.  | 
See Also