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PipelineBuffer.GetDate Method

Gets the DateTime value stored in the PipelineBuffer column.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetDate ( _
    columnIndex As Integer _
) As DateTime
'Usage
Dim instance As PipelineBuffer
Dim columnIndex As Integer
Dim returnValue As DateTime

returnValue = instance.GetDate(columnIndex)

public DateTime GetDate(
    int columnIndex
)

public:
DateTime GetDate(
    int columnIndex
)

member GetDate : 
        columnIndex:int -> DateTime 

public function GetDate(
    columnIndex : int
) : DateTime

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.DateTime
The DateTime value stored in the PipelineBuffer column.

Remarks

This method works with the DT_DBDATE data type in Integration Services.

If the value of the column is null, the PipelineBuffer throws a ColumnIsNullException. You can check for a null value by calling the IsNull method.

For a complete list of Integration Services data types and the corresponding Get and Set methods of the PipelineBuffer class to use with each type, see Working with Data Types in the Data Flow.