Seek Method

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Syntax
Remarks
Example
Requirements
See Also

Sets the position on the current OracleLob stream.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

public override long Seek( 
   long offset,
   SeekOrigin origin
)

'Declaration
 
Public Overrides Function Seek( _
   ByVal offset As Long, _
   ByVal origin As SeekOrigin _
) As Long

Parameters

offset: A byte offset relative to origin.
origin: A value of System.IO.SeekOrigin type indicating the reference point used to obtain the new position.

Return Value

The new position within the current stream.

Remarks

If is negative, the new position is required to precede the position specified by by the number of bytes specified by . If is zero (0), the new position is required to be the position specified by . If is positive, the new position is required to follow the position specified by by the number of bytes specified by .

Example

The first line of the example sets stream position to the very first element.

csharp

myLob.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
Console.WriteLine(myLob.Position);
Console.WriteLine(myLob.ReadByte());

Visual Basic

myLob.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin)
Console.WriteLine(myLob.Position)
Console.WriteLine(myLob.ReadByte())

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

OracleLob Class
OracleLob Members
CanSeek Property
Position Property

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