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# getNCharacterStream Method (SQLServerResultSet)
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  Retrieves the value of the designated column in the current row of the [SQLServerResultSet](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md) object as a Reader object.  
  
## Overload List  
  
|Name|Description|  
|----------|-----------------|  
|[getNCharacterStream Method &#40;int&#41; &#40;SQLServerResultSet&#41;](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/getncharacterstream-method-int-sqlserverresultset.md)|Retrieves the value of the designated column in the current row of the [SQLServerResultSet](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md) object as a Reader object.|  
|[getNCharacterStream Method &#40;java.lang.String&#41; &#40;SQLServerResultSet&#41;](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/getncharacterstream-method-java-lang-string-sqlserverresultset.md)|Retrieves the value of the designated column in the current row of the [SQLServerResultSet](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md) object as a Reader object.|  
  
## See Also  
 [SQLServerResultSet Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-members.md)   
 [SQLServerResultSet Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md)