int GetColType(int iIndex)

Return values

Returns an integer representing the type of data the column contains.

Parameters

iIndex

A 1 based column index.

Remarks

The GetCol() function always return the data as an string, the GetColType function can be used to determine the type of the column that conversion of the string can be done after extraction.

The following types exists:

TYPE_BOOL - Boolean value

TYPE_NUMERIC - Numeric

TYPE_SHORT - Short

TYPE_LONG - Long

TYPE_DOUBLE - Double (real)

TYPE_DATETIME - Data/time

TYPE_STRING - String

TYPE_UNKNOWN - Unknown field type / not supported

TYPE_BYTES - Bytes

TYPE_LONG_BINARY - Long binary

TYPE_LONG_CHAR - Long char

TYPE_BLOB - Binary object

TYPE_DBMS_SPECIFIC - Client specific data (no conversion)