Stateless Navigation

OLE DB Programmer's Reference

The methods that navigate the dataset do not depend on the concept of a "current position." In other words, none of the navigation/fetch interfaces in OLE DB for OLAP assume that there is a current cell. To fetch a cell, the application specifies the ordinal position of the cell and asks to fetch the data for that cell. Simplicity is the primary reason for the stateless method of navigation. Providers do not need to maintain state information about the cell on which the consumer is positioned.

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