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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
[[DATA TYPES]], [[SQL SELECT|SELECT]], [[SYSTEM TABLES]]
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[[SQL Data Types|DATA TYPES]], [[SQL SELECT|SELECT]], [[SQL System Tables|SYSTEM TABLES]]
  
  

Revision as of 16:05, 13 March 2009

SYSTYPEINFO

Class

SQL Applications


Purpose

Description of all data types supported by the database


See Also

DATA TYPES, SELECT, SYSTEM TABLES


Description

System Tables are system defined read-only tables. You can query these tables using the SELECT statement.


Column Data Type Width Description
TYPE_NAME C 30 Type name
DATA_TYPE N 3 SQL data type
PRECISION N 3 Maximum precision
LITERAL_PREFIX C 1 Prefix used to quote a literal
LITERAL_SUFFIX C 1 Suffix used to quote a literal
CREATE_PARAMS C 30 Parameters used in creating the type
NULLABLE N 1 Can you use NULL for this type?
CASE_SENSITIVE L 1 Is it case sensitive?
SEARCHABLE N 1 Can you use "WHERE" based on this type?
UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE L 1 Is it unsigned?
FIXED_PREC_SCALE L 1 Can it be a money value?
AUTO_INCREMENT L 1 Can it be used for an auto-increment value?
LOCAL_TYPE C 30 Localized version of type name
MINIMUM_SCALE N 2 Minimum scale supported
MAXIMUM_SCALE N 2 Maximum scale supported
SQL_DATA_TYPE N 1 Reserved
SQL_DATETIME_SUB N 1 Reserved
NUM_PREC_RADIX N 2 Usually 2 or 10


Example

EXEC SQL
SELECT *
FROM systypeinfo;


Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer