SQLTypes
The sqltypes statement returns a set of fields describing the types of an ODBC or OLE DB data source, to which a connect has been made.
Syntax:
SQLTypes
The fields can be combined with the fields generated by the sqlcolumns and sqltables commands in order to give a good overview of a given database. The fifteen standard fields are:
TYPE_NAME
DATA_TYPE
PRECISION
LITERAL_PREFIX
LITERAL_SUFFIX
CREATE_PARAMS
NULLABLE
CASE_SENSITIVE
SEARCHABLE
UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE
MONEY
AUTO_INCREMENT
LOCAL_TYPE_NAME
MINIMUM_SCALE
MAXIMUM_SCALE
For a detailed description of these fields, see an ODBC reference handbook.
Example:
Connect to 'MS Access 7.0 Database; DBQ=C:\Course3\DataSrc\QWT.mbd';
SQLTypes;
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