Reads a stream of characters from the specified column offset into the buffer as an array, starting at the given buffer offset.
 
Namespace: Cassandra.DataAssembly: Cassandra (in Cassandra.dll) Version: 3.6.0
Syntaxpublic override long GetChars(
	int ordinal,
	long dataOffset,
	char[] buffer,
	int bufferOffset,
	int length
)
Parameters
- ordinal
 - Type: SystemInt32
 - dataOffset
 - Type: SystemInt64
 - buffer
 - Type: SystemChar
The buffer into which to read the stream of bytes.  - bufferOffset
 - Type: SystemInt32
 - length
 - Type: SystemInt32
The number of bytes 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.  | 
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