DbSeekOptions Enumeration

Options that specify how the Seek method will seek on an index.

Namespace: System.Data.SqlServerCe
Assembly: System.Data.SqlServerCe (in system.data.sqlserverce.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<FlagsAttribute> _
Public Enumeration DbSeekOptions

[FlagsAttribute] 
public enum DbSeekOptions

[FlagsAttribute] 
public enum class DbSeekOptions

/** @attribute FlagsAttribute() */ 
public enum DbSeekOptions

FlagsAttribute 
public enum DbSeekOptions

Members

Member name	Description
After	Advances to the first row with values (in index order) after the seek value.
AfterEqual	Advances to the last matching row on the index. If there are no matching rows, advances to the first row with values after the seek value, in index order.
Before	Advances to the last row with values (in index order) before the seek value.
BeforeEqual	Advances to the first matching row on the index. If there are no matching rows, advances to the last row with values before the seek value, in index order.
FirstEqual	Advances to the first matching row (in index order) on the index.
LastEqual	Advances to the last matching row (in index order) on the index.

Example

In this example, the FirstEqual option is specified for the Seek operation on the index.

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

try
{
    SqlCeConnection conn = new SqlCeConnection("Data Source = MyDatabase.sdf");
    conn.Open();

    SqlCeCommand cmd = 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 }, null);

    SqlCeDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.Default);

    for (int i = 1; reader.Read(); i++)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0} ; {1}", reader["Order ID"], reader["Order Date"]));
    }

    // Now we are interested in orders with Order ID between (10020, 10050)
    //
    cmd.SetRange(DbRangeOptions.InclusiveStart | DbRangeOptions.InclusiveEnd,
        new object[] { 10020 }, new object[] { 10050 });

    reader = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.Default);

    // Now seek to Order ID = 10045
    //
    bool onRow = 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)
    {
        for (int i = 1; reader.Read(); i++)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0} ; {1}", reader["Order ID"], reader["Order Date"]));
        }
    }
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
}

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2003, Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, Windows CE 5.0
Version Information
.NET Framework and NET Compact Framework
Supported in 3.5
.NET Framework
Supported in 3.0
.NET Compact Framework and .Net Framework
Supported in 2.0

See Also

Reference

System.Data.SqlServerCe Namespace