Search Method (SearchClause, SearchOptions)

Executes a unified search for one or more Customers using the specified search search options.

Namespace:  Microsoft.CommerceServer.Marketing
Assembly:  Microsoft.CommerceServer.Marketing.CrossTierTypes (in Microsoft.CommerceServer.Marketing.CrossTierTypes.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Search ( _
    clause As SearchClause, _
    searchOptions As SearchOptions _
) As DataSet
'Usage
Dim instance As CustomerManager
Dim clause As SearchClause
Dim searchOptions As SearchOptions
Dim returnValue As DataSet

returnValue = instance.Search(clause, _
    searchOptions)
public DataSet Search(
    SearchClause clause,
    SearchOptions searchOptions
)
public:
DataSet^ Search(
    SearchClause^ clause, 
    SearchOptions^ searchOptions
)
public function Search(
    clause : SearchClause, 
    searchOptions : SearchOptions
) : DataSet

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Data..::.DataSet
A DataSet containing the search results.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

An operand of the search clause has the wrong data type.

InvalidOperationException

The operator used within a search clause does not support the operand type.

ArgumentNullException

No entity type was specified for the search.

EntityDoesNotExistException

Entity type being searched is not in the list of searchable entities.

SearchRecordsPerPageException

The number of records per page requested is greater than the system configured limit.

SearchPageNumberException

Exception is thrown when a requested page (other than the first page) contains no search result records.

SearchException

The clause does not have a valid XML format.

Remarks

For more information on the default property values for searchOptions, see SearchOptions.

This overload of the Search method searches all types of customers.

This method uses the long running SQL command, sqlCommandTimeoutSeconds, of MarketingServices. The long running SQL command time out default is specified in web.config and is normally 120 seconds.

Permissions

See Also

Reference

CustomerManager Class

CustomerManager Members

Search Overload

Microsoft.CommerceServer.Marketing Namespace