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ObjectQuery<T>::Skip Method

Orders the query results by the specified criteria and skips a specified number of results.

Namespace:  System.Data.Objects
Assembly:  System.Data.Entity (in System.Data.Entity.dll)

public:
ObjectQuery<T>^ Skip(
	String^ keys, 
	String^ count, 
	... array<ObjectParameter^>^ parameters
)

Parameters

keys
Type: System::String

The key columns by which to order the results.

count
Type: System::String

The number of results to skip. This must be either a constant or a parameter reference.

parameters
Type: array<System.Data.Objects::ObjectParameter>

An optional set of query parameters that should be in scope when parsing.

Return Value

Type: System.Data.Objects::ObjectQuery<T>
A new ObjectQuery<T> instance that is equivalent to the original instance with both ORDER BY and SKIP applied.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

Any argument is nullptr.

ArgumentException

keys is an empty string.

-or-

count is an empty string.

The Skip method cannot be used after the Top method. When you use Top after Skip, it functions like the LIMIT statement of an ORDER BY clause.

This example gets five Product objects after skipping the first three in the query result, sorted by Product.ListPrice.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5 SP1
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