Fetches data from the Host Integrator server for the current recordset of the current entity.

[Visual Basic]Overloads Public Function FetchRecords( _
   ByVal maxRows As Integer, _
   ByVal fieldNames As IList, _
   ByVal filterExpression As String _
) As DataSet

Parameters

maxRows

Specifies the maximum number of rows of data to be returned. If maxRows is set to 0, no limit is imposed on the number of rows returned.

fieldNames

Specifies field names to fetch from the recordset.

filterExpression

Specifies an expression that qualifies the records to fetch. See the Remarks section for details.

Return Value

This method returns a DataSet containing the requested records. If no fields match the fieldNames provided, or if the filterExpression eliminates all records, an empty DataSet is returned.

Remarks

The set of records returned begins with the first record following the current record. If the current record is before the first record in the recordset, searching starts with the first record. After a FetchRecords, the current record is the last record included in the returned set of records.

Using Filter Expressions

Some of the methods in the .NET connector allow you to use filter expressions when fetching records from a recordset. The syntax you can use to build filter expressions is:

condition_statement=condition_expression

You can use expressions on both the left and right sides of the condition statement. Be sure to enclose data in quotation marks.

Condition Expressions

Value Expressions

A value expression can take any of the following:

• Variable (variables.variablename)
• Attribute (attribute name)
• Field (recordset.recordsetfield)
• String
• Integer
• Floating point number

Filter Expression Examples

This example returns all records in the patients recordset that are not "Smith":

patients.lastname  <> "Smith" 

This example returns the exact same set of records as the preceding example:

NOT (patients.lastname = "Smith")

This example returns all records in the SearchResults recordset with the last name "Smith" and first name "Steven":

(SearchResults.LastName = "Smith") and (SearchResults.FirstName =* "Steven")

This example returns all fields in the AccountNumbers recordset greater than or equal to 10000 and less than or equal to 20000:

(AccountNumbers.Accounts >= 10000) and (AccountNumbers.Accounts <= 20000)

See Also

HostIntegratorSession Class | HostIntegratorSession Members | WRQ.Verastream.HostIntegrator Namespace | HostIntegratorSession.FetchRecords Overload List