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IDTSBufferManager100.FindColumnByLineageID Method

Gets the location, by index, of a column in a specified IDTSBuffer100 object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function FindColumnByLineageID ( _
    hBufferType As Integer, _
    nLineageID As Integer _
) As Integer
'Usage
Dim instance As IDTSBufferManager100
Dim hBufferType As Integer
Dim nLineageID As Integer
Dim returnValue As Integer

returnValue = instance.FindColumnByLineageID(hBufferType, _
    nLineageID)

int FindColumnByLineageID(
    int hBufferType,
    int nLineageID
)

int FindColumnByLineageID(
    [InAttribute] int hBufferType, 
    [InAttribute] int nLineageID
)

abstract FindColumnByLineageID : 
        hBufferType:int * 
        nLineageID:int -> int 

function FindColumnByLineageID(
    hBufferType : int, 
    nLineageID : int
) : int

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
An integer that indicates the location, by index, of the column in the IDTSBuffer100.

Remarks

This method locates the column of an IDTSInput100 or IDTSOutput100 in the specified IDTSBuffer100. This method is necessary because an instance of a buffer contains all of the IDTSOutputColumn100 objects defined in the IDTSOutputColumnCollection100 collections of the components in a graph. Components cannot rely on using the index location of its output column, or input column, as the index of that column in a buffer row. Because of this, components must use FindColumnByLineageID to locate the columns in the buffer.

Examples

The following code example shows how a transformation component that does not have output columns uses the FindColumnByLineageID to locate its input columns in the buffer.

int[] bufferColumnIndex;
public override void PreExecute()
{
    IDTSInput100 input = ComponentMetaData.InputCollection[0];
    bufferColumnIndex = new int[BufferManager.GetColumnCount(input.Buffer)];

    for( int col=0; col < input.InputColumnCollection.Count; col++)
    {
        IDTSInputColumn100 iCol = input.InputColumnCollection[col];
        bufferColumnIndex[col] = BufferManager.FindColumnByLineageID(input.Buffer, iCol.LineageID);
    }
}

Private bufferColumnIndex As Integer() 

Public Overloads Overrides Sub PreExecute() 
 Dim input As IDTSInput100 = ComponentMetaData.InputCollection(0) 
 bufferColumnIndex = New Integer(BufferManager.GetColumnCount(input.Buffer) - 1) {} 
 Dim col As Integer = 0 
 While col < input.InputColumnCollection.Count 
   Dim iCol As IDTSInputColumn100 = input.InputColumnCollection(col) 
   bufferColumnIndex(col) = BufferManager.FindColumnByLineageID(input.Buffer, iCol.LineageID) 
   col -= 1 
 End While 
End Sub