SYSTYPEINFO
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Contents
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, Recital Server
