'Declaration
 
Public Overrides NotOverridable Function GetChars( _
   ByVal i As Integer, _
   ByVal fieldOffset As Long, _
   ByVal buffer() As Char, _
   ByVal bufferOffset As Integer, _
   ByVal bufferLength As Integer _
) As Long

public override long GetChars( 
   int i,
   long fieldOffset,
   char[] buffer,
   int bufferOffset,
   int bufferLength
)

public function GetChars( 
    i: Integer;
    fieldOffset: Int64;
    buffer: Chararray of;
    bufferOffset: Integer;
    bufferLength: Integer
): Int64; override; 

public override function GetChars( 
   i : int,
   fieldOffset : long,
   buffer : char[],
   bufferOffset : int,
   bufferLength : int
) : long;

public: long GetChars( 
   int i,
   long fieldOffset,
   char[]* buffer,
   int bufferOffset,
   int bufferLength
) override 

Parameters

i

The zero-based column ordinal position.

fieldOffset

The offset within the field from which to begin the read operation.

buffer

The buffer into which to read the stream of characters.

bufferOffset

The offset for buffer to begin the read operation.

bufferLength

The maximum length to copy into the buffer.

Return Value

Supported SQL data types for the conversion are: CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, CLOB, and NCLOB.

Use the IsDBNull method to check for database null value before calling this method.

.NET Framework
Version 2.0 or later

Reference

MimerDataReader Class
MimerDataReader Members