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odbc_field_type

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odbc_field_typeDatatype of a field

Description

odbc_field_type(resource $statement, int $field): string|false

Gets the SQL type of the field referenced by number in the given result identifier.

Parameters

statement

The result identifier.

field

The field number. Field numbering starts at 1.

Return Values

Returns the field type as a string, or false on error.

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jschwartz at the-infoshop dot com
14 years ago
Quick note: as noted below, MS Access type AutoNumber comes across as type COUNTER. What I didn't see mentioned is that PHP interprets type COUNTER as a string, not an integer.

More annoying than anything else, in my particular case; but I'd guess it could bite somebody, somewhere.
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jazper at lycos dot de
21 years ago
Returntypes on Access2000
COUNTER - Autoincrement
VARCHAR - Text
LONGCHAR - Memo
INTEGER - Number
DATETIME - Date/Time
CURRENCY - Currency
BIT - TRUE/FALSE
LONGBINARY - OLE-Object
LONGCHAR - Hyperlink

cheers, j.a.z.
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ted at convey dot de
8 years ago
odbc_field_type seems to return the data type of the database backend, not the data types from ODBC documentation.

Example: With my Oracle backend I get data types like "CLOB" and "VARCHAR2" while ODBC only knows SQL_LONGVARCHAR for long character data...
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jorge dot emailNOSPAM at gmail dot com
17 years ago
Here is the complete list!

Access 2003 as the following teturntypes:

COUNTER - Autoincrement
VARCHAR - Text
LONGCHAR - Memo
INTEGER - Number
DATETIME - Date/Time
CURRENCY - Currency
BIT - TRUE/FALSE
LONGBINARY - OLE-Object
LONGCHAR - Hyperlink
DOUBLE - Double Number
BYTE - Byte Number
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not[at]wgpower[dot]net
17 years ago
Some fields can be of the following type too : REAL
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