Re: Not possible using OCI?

In article <1993Mar9.032927.768_at_csis.dit.csiro.au> dave_at_mizar.csis.dit.csiro.au (David Campbell) writes:
>Is it not possible using OCI to get the precision and scale of a column?
>
>odsc() returns the type of a column in dbtype but doesn't provide the
>precision or scale.
>
>I notice that if you're using the convoluted junk which is otherwise known
>as PRO*C dynamic SQL, the sqlprc() call can return the precision and scale
>but this doesn't seem to be part of the OCI interface.

The ORACLE7 odescr() OCI routine returns precision and scale. With V6, you cannot get this info using the OCI.

--Tim (tssmith_at_netcom.com) (tssmith_at_oracle.com) Received on Wed Mar 10 1993 - 06:34:48 CET