OraMaxSize Property

Applies To

Description

Returns the Oracle maximum column size as stored in the Oracle data dictionary. Not available at design time and read-only at run time.

Usage

field_maxsize = orafield.OraMaxSize

Data Type

Long Integer

Remarks

The return value is dependent on the Oracle internal data type. The following values will be returned:

Oracle Column Type	Value
`CHAR`, `VARCHAR2`, `RAW`	Length of the column in the table
`NUMBER`	`22` (the internal length)
`DATE`	`7` (the internal length)
`LONG`, `LONG` `RAW`	`0`
`ROWID`	System dependent
Functions returning internal data type `1`, such as `TO_CHAR()`	Same as `orafield.MaxDSize`