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GetEntityId Method

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The GetEntityId() method retrieves the entity ID for the entity specified by name and site.

Syntax

'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function GetEntityId( _
   ByVal entName As String, _
   ByVal site As String _
) As DataSet
'Usage
 
Dim entName As String
Dim site As String
Dim value As DataSet
 
value = Ent.GetEntityId(entName, site)
public static DataSet GetEntityId( 
   string entName,
   string site
)

Parameters

entName
Required. Holds the unique entity name to identify the entity.
site
Optional. Holds the ID of the ancestor entity that defines the site at which this entity is located. If null, the entity is above sites or sites are not being used in the system.

Return Value

Returns a Dataset containing the ent_id of the record in the Ent table that matches the specified entity name and, optionally, site. The returned DataRow includes the entity ID. If no matching record is found, an empty DataSet is returned.

Remarks

A site name is required only if entities for more than one site are recorded in the same database.

The example for the GetEntityId() method:

Result= aaMES.Core.aaEnt.GetEntityId(me.entityName,"");DS=Result.DataSet_value;me.EntityID= DS.Tables(0).Rows(0).Item("ent_id");

See Also

Reference

Ent Class
Ent Members

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