IDTSBufferManager90.GetColumnCount Method

Article
12/03/2008

Gets the number of columns in a specified registered buffer type.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap (in microsoft.sqlserver.dtspipelinewrap.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DispIdAttribute(123)> _
Function GetColumnCount ( _
    <InAttribute> hBufferType As Integer _
) As UInteger

[DispIdAttribute(123)] 
uint GetColumnCount (
    [InAttribute] int hBufferType
)

[DispIdAttribute(123)] 
unsigned int GetColumnCount (
    [InAttribute] int hBufferType
)

/** @attribute DispIdAttribute(123) */ 
UInt32 GetColumnCount (
    /** @attribute InAttribute() */ int hBufferType
)

DispIdAttribute(123) 
function GetColumnCount (
    hBufferType : int
) : uint

Parameters

hBufferType
The ID of the registered buffer.

Return Value

An integer that specifies the number of columns defined for the registered IDTSBuffer90 object.

Remarks

The GetColumnCount method returns the number of columns defined for the IDTSBuffer90 object identified by the hBufferType parameter. If the buffer definition specified by hBufferType does not exist, an E_INVALIDARG error occurs.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms