title	getCharacterStream Method (long, long) (SQLServerNClob) \| Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	01/19/2017
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getCharacterStream Method (long, long) (SQLServerNClob)

Retrieves the NCLOB data as a Reader object or as a stream of characters with a specified position and length.

Syntax

  
public java.io.Reader getCharacterStream(long pos,  
                                  long length)

pos

A long that indicates the offset to the first character of the partial value to be retrieved.

length

A long that indicates the length in characters of the partial value to be retrieved.

A Reader object that contains the NCLOB data.

This getCharacterStream method is specified by the getCharacterStream method in the java.sql.NClob interface.