Re: Finding data type for a column
Date: 1996/10/24
Message-ID: <326FB0F1.61D5_at_filmworks.com>#1/1
Jedi wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am trying to find out the data type of an column from within my
> applicaton.
> What is the ODBC or SQL statment to do that? For example, I have a table
> called
> Students and I want to know what data type the column name Address
> belongs to.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments
>
> Dennis
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> School of Electrical Engineering, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
> E-MAIL: jedi_at_eecom.gatech.edu
Can't you just use "desc students" to get a listing of all the columns with their data types? I'm just starting out in this stuff but it seems simple enough to me.
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