Reads a stream of chars from the specified column offset into the buffer an array starting at the given buffer offset.

Namespace: System.Extensions.Data
Assembly: System.Extensions (in System.Extensions.dll) Version: 0.0.0.5 (0.0.0.5)

Syntax

C#
public static long GetChars(
	this IDataRecord reader,
	string name,
	long fieldOffset,
	char[] buffer,
	int bufferOffset,
	int length
)
Visual Basic
<ExtensionAttribute> 
Public Shared Function GetChars ( 
	reader As IDataRecord,
	name As String,
	fieldOffset As Long,
	buffer As Char(),
	bufferOffset As Integer,
	length As Integer
) As Long
Visual C++
public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static long long GetChars(
	IDataRecord^ reader, 
	String^ name, 
	long long fieldOffset, 
	array<wchar_t>^ buffer, 
	int bufferOffset, 
	int length
)
F#
static member GetChars : 
        reader : IDataRecord * 
        name : string * 
        fieldOffset : int64 * 
        buffer : char[] * 
        bufferOffset : int * 
        length : int -> int64 

Parameters

reader
Type: System.Data..::..IDataRecord
The reader to retrieve the value from.
name
Type: System..::..String
The name of the field to find.
fieldOffset
Type: System..::..Int64
The index within the field from which to begin the read operation.
buffer
Type: array<System..::..Char>[]()[][]
The buffer into which to read the stream of chars.
bufferOffset
Type: System..::..Int32
The index for buffer to begin the write operation.
length
Type: System..::..Int32
The maximum length to copy into the buffer.

Return Value

Type: Int64
The actual number of chars read.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IDataRecord. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

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