SqlCeCommand.SetRange Method
Assembly: System.Data.SqlServerCe (in system.data.sqlserverce.dll)
'Declaration Public Sub SetRange ( _ dbRangeOptions As DbRangeOptions, _ startData As Object(), _ endData As Object() _ ) 'Usage Dim instance As SqlCeCommand Dim dbRangeOptions As DbRangeOptions Dim startData As Object() Dim endData As Object() instance.SetRange(dbRangeOptions, startData, endData)
public void SetRange ( DbRangeOptions dbRangeOptions, Object[] startData, Object[] endData )
public function SetRange ( dbRangeOptions : DbRangeOptions, startData : Object[], endData : Object[] )
Not applicable.
Parameters
- dbRangeOptions
The options used when specifying the range.
- startData
The starting key values for the range.
- endData
The ending key values for the range.
| Exception type | Condition |
|---|---|
| IndexName property has not been set. |
This method is intended to be a faster alternative to a SELECT statement for retrieving a set of rows from a base table. Instead of a WHERE clause in a SELECT statement, SetRange can be used to quickly retrieve a set of rows based on their index values. For example, to retrieve a set of employees with an employee ID between 1 and 5, you could execute a SELECT statement, but setting a range of 1 to 5 on the employee ID index will greatly improve performance.
This method can only be used when CommandType is set to TableDirect, CommandText is set to a valid base table name, and IndexName is set to a valid index name on the specified base table. When SetRange is used, the SqlCeDataReader returned from ExecuteReader will only return rows whose key values in the specified index match the range.
When Seek is used on a SqlCeDataReader that has a range, Seek will only position on rows in the specified range. For detailed information about SetRange, see the "IRowsetIndex::SetRange" topic in the OLE DB documentation.
This example retrieves data from the Orders table using an index into a SqlCeDataReader. The range on the index on which to Seek is specified by the SetRange method.
Try Dim conn As New SqlCeConnection("Data Source = MyDatabase.sdf") conn.Open() Dim cmd As SqlCeCommand = conn.CreateCommand() cmd.CommandType = CommandType.TableDirect cmd.IndexName = "Orders_PK" cmd.CommandText = "Orders" ' We are interested in orders that match Order ID = 10020 ' cmd.SetRange(DbRangeOptions.Match, New Object() {10020}, Nothing) Dim reader As SqlCeDataReader = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.Default) While reader.Read() MessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0} ; {1}", reader("Order ID"), reader("Order Date"))) End While ' Now we are interested in orders with Order ID between (10020, 10050) ' cmd.SetRange(DbRangeOptions.InclusiveStart Or DbRangeOptions.InclusiveEnd, New Object() {10020}, New Object() {10050}) reader = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.Default) ' Now seek to Order ID = 10045 ' Dim onRow As Boolean = reader.Seek(DbSeekOptions.FirstEqual, New Object() {10045}) ' Now ,the reader will return rows with Order ID >= 10045 <= 10050 ' because the range was set to (10020, 10050) ' If onRow Then While reader.Read() MessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0} ; {1}", reader("Order ID"), reader("Order Date"))) End While End If Catch e As Exception MessageBox.Show(e.Message) End Try