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# Creating a Rowset with IOpenRowset
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  The [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Native Client OLE DB provider supports the **IOpenRowset::OpenRowset** method with the following restrictions:  
  
-   A base table or view must be specified in a database ID (DBID) structure that the *pTableID* parameter points to.  
  
-   The DBID *eKind* member must indicate DBKIND_NAME.  
  
-   The DBID *uName* member must specify the name of an existing base table or a view as a Unicode character string.  
  
-   The *pIndexID* parameter of **OpenRowset** must be NULL.  
  
 The result set of **IOpenRowset::OpenRowset** contains a single rowset. Result sets that contain a single rowset can be supported by [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] cursors. Cursor support allows the developer to use [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] concurrency mechanisms.  
  
## See Also  
 [Rowsets](../../relational-databases/native-client-ole-db-rowsets/rowsets.md)