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Oracle® Objects for OLE C++ Class Library Developer's Guide
10g Release 2 (10.2)

Part Number B14308-01
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GetElementType Method

Applies To

OCollection

Description

This method returns integer code representing the server type of an element.

Usage

int GetElementType(void) const throw(OException)

Arguments

none

Remarks

The codes correspond to the Oracle external datatypes. The following Oracle element data types are supported:

Oracle External Datatypes

Datatype
Value
Description
OTYPE_VARCHAR2 1 VARCHAR2
OTYPE_NUMBER 2 NUMBER
OTYPE_SINT 3 SIGNED INTEGER
OTYPE_FLOAT 4 FLOAT
OTYPE_VARCHAR 9 VARCHAR
OTYPE_DATE 12 DATE
OTYPE_UINT 68 UNSIGNED INTEGER
OTYPE_CHAR 96 CHAR
OTYPE_CHARZ 97 Null Terminated CHAR
OTYPE_OBJECT 108 Object datatype
OTYPE_REF 110 Ref datatype

This property is read-only at runtime.