odbc_gettypeinfo

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

odbc_gettypeinfo --  Returns a result identifier containing information about data types supported by the data source

Description

resource odbc_gettypeinfo ( resource connection_id [, int data_type] )

Retrieves information about data types supported by the data source. Returns an ODBC result identifier or FALSE on failure. The optional argument data_type can be used to restrict the information to a single data type.

The result set has the following columns:

  • 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

The result set is ordered by DATA_TYPE and TYPE_NAME.


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andrea dot galli at acotel dot com
30-Apr-2003 12:45
Example: display all data types

<?php

     $Link_ID
= odbc_connect("DSN", "user", "pass");
    
$result = odbc_gettypeinfo($Link_ID);

    
odbc_result_all($result);

?>