Re: Abt Datareader Count

Ray:

Hi. The DataReader has only *forward* readonly capability; and *user*
indexing into the data structure is not yet available...other controls(
dataGrid) can get the record count; but human users cannot...

Derek LaZard

"Ray Cassick (home)" <> wrote in message
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> If I am not mistaken, the dataReader from the V1.1 framework supports a
> recordCount property now.
>
> "Jim Blizzard [MSFT]" <> wrote in message
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> > A DataReader (doesn't matter if it's SQL, OLEDB, ORACLE, ODBC) is
> read-only
> > and forward-only. There's no way to scroll backwards. To get the count
/
> > length would require passing through the entire set of data and there
> would
> > be no way to get back to the beginning.
> >
> > You could use a DataSet instead of a DataReader.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
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> > "Anandraj" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Hi
> > > I am using OELDBDatareader I want to find the number of records in the
> > > Datareader.
> > > I don't find any methods like count and length.
> > > Any Other way is there?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Anandraj.A.
> > >
> > >
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Derek LaZard