ODBC_SQLDescribeCol

4D v16

ODBC_SQLDescribeCol


ODBC_SQLDescribeCol ( stmtID ; colNb ; nomCol ; tipoDatos ; colSize ; decimalDigits ; nullable ) -> Resultado

Parámetro	Tipo	Descripción
stmtID	Entero largo	Statement ID
colNb	Entero largo	Column number of result data
nomCol	Cadena	Column name
tipoDatos	Entero largo	Data type of the column
colSize	Entero largo	Size of the column
decimalDigits	Entero largo	Number of decimal digits of the column
nullable	Entero largo	Indicates if the column allows NULL values
Resultado	Entero largo	Returns the result of the MS ODBC API function SQLDescribeCol

Descripción

The ODBC_SQLDescribeCol command returns the result descriptor, such as column name, type, column size, decimal digits, and nullability, for one column in the result set.

stmtID is a valid statement ID returned by ODBC_SQLAllocStmt.

colNb is the column number containing the result data.

colName is the name of the column.

dataType can be one of the following values:

Constant	SQL Data Type
SQL_CHAR	CHAR
SQL_VARCHAR	VARCHAR
SQL_LONGVARCHAR	LONG VARCHAR
SQL_DECIMAL	DECIMAL
SQL_NUMERIC	NUMERIC
SQL_SMALLINT	SMALLINT
SQL_INTEGER	INTEGER
SQL_REAL	REAL
SQL_FLOAT	FLOAT
SQL_DOUBLE	DOUBLE PRECISION
SQL_BIT	BIT
SQL_TINYINT	TINYINT
SQL_BIGINT	BIGINT
SQL_BINARY	BINARY
SQL_VARBINARY	VARBINARY
SQL_LONGVARBINARY	LONG VARBINARY
SQL_TYPE_DATE	Date
SQL_TYPE_TIME	Time
SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP	TIMESTAMP
SQL_INTERVAL_MONTH	INTERVAL MONTH
SQL_INTERVAL_YEAR	INTERVAL YEAR
SQL_INTERVAL_YEAR_TO_MONTH	INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH
SQL_INTERVAL_DAY	INTERVAL DAY
SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR	INTERVAL HOUR
SQL_INTERVAL_MINUTE	INTERVAL MINUTE
SQL_INTERVAL_SECOND	INTERVAL SECOND
SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_HOUR	INTERVAL DAY TO HOUR
SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_MINUTE	INTERVAL DAY TO MINUTE
SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_SECOND	INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND
SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR_TO_MINUTE	INTERVAL HOUR TO MINUTE
SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR_TO_SECOND	INTERVAL HOUR TO SECOND
SQL_INTERVAL_MINUTE_TO_SECOND	INTERVAL MINUTE TO SECOND

colSize is the size of the column.

decimalDigits is the number of decimal digits of the column.

nullable indicates if the column allows NULL values and can have one of the following values:

Constant	Description
SQL_NO_NULLS	Does not allow NULL values
SQL_NULLABLE	Allows NULL values
SQL_NULLABLE_UNKNOWN	Driver cannot determine if the parameter allows NULL values

For more information, please see the SQLDescribeCol function in the MS ODBC API Reference at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms716289(VS.85).aspx.

Function Results

SQL_SUCCESS, SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO, SQL_STILL_EXECUTING, SQL_ERROR, or SQL_INVALID_HANDLE.

Ejemplo

The following method returns the name of the third column in the Employee table:

 $result:=ODBC_SQLPrepare($statementID;"SELECT * FROM Employee")

 $result:=ODBC_SQLDescribeCol($statementID;3;vColumnName;vDataType;vcolSize;vDecimalDigits;vNullable)