

Deployment Tools Foundation
ExecuteQuery Method (sql, record)
Deployment Tools Foundation Namespaces ► Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller ► Database ► ExecuteQuery(String, Record)
Executes the specified SQL SELECT query and returns all results.

C# | Visual Basic | Visual C++ |
public IList ExecuteQuery( string sql, Record record )
Public Function ExecuteQuery ( sql As String, record As Record ) As IList
public: IList^ ExecuteQuery( String^ sql, Record^ record )

IList
All results combined into an array
All results combined into an array

Multiple rows columns will be collapsed into a single one-dimensional list.
Win32 MSI APIs: MsiDatabaseOpenView, MsiViewExecute, MsiViewFetch

Exception | Condition |
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BadQuerySyntaxException | the SQL syntax is invalid |
InstallerException | the View could not be executed |
InvalidHandleException | the Database handle is invalid |
Assembly: Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller (Module: Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll) Version: 3.0.0.0 (3.9.1006.0)