Data Types

Several VuGen functions, such as lrd_bind_col and Ird_bind_placeholder, require you to specify a data type. For additional information about data types, see the lrdtypes.h file supplied with VuGen. VuGen supports the following types:

Data Type
Code
Meaning
DT_VARRAW
0x01
Variable length binary
DT_VARCHAR
0x02
Variable length text
DT_RAW
0x03
Fixed-length binary
DT_SZ
0x04
Null-terminated variable-length string
DT_INT1
0x05
1-byte signed integer
DT_BIT
0x06
1-byte unsigned integer
DT_INT2
0x07
2-byte signed integer
DT_INT4
0x08
4-byte signed integer
DT_NUMERIC
0x09
Numeric values
DT_DECIMAL
0x0A
Decimal data (COBOL Comp-3)
DT_MONEY
0x0B
Money representation
DT_DATETIME
0x0C
Date and time representation
DT_FLT4
0x0D
4-byte floating point number
DT_FLT8
0x0E
8-byte floating point number
DT_MONEY4
0x0F
Money representation in short format
DT_DATETIME4
0x10
Date and time in short format
DT_UINT1
0x14
1-byte unsigned integer
DT_UINT2
0x15
2-byte unsigned integer
DT_UINT4
0x16
4-byte unsigned integer
DT_SF
0x17
Fixed length string of character data
DT_SFZ
0x18
Fixed length null-terminated string
DT_VARNUM
0x19
Numeric values preceded by 1-byte length
DT_SF_STRIPPED_SPACES
0x1A
Variable length string with trailing blank stripping
DT_LONG_CHAR
0x1B
Long fixed length string
DT_LONG_RAW
0x1C
Long fixed length binary data
DT_LONG_VARCHAR
0x1D
Long variable length text
DT_LONG_VARRAW
0x1E
Long variable length binary data
DT_DISPLAY
0x1F
COBOL numeric character string
DT_ROWID
0x20
Unique ID of a database table row
DT_MLSLABEL
0x21
Operating system label
DT_SHORT_INT
0x22
Short signed integer
DT_INT
0x23
Signed integer
DT_LONG_INT
0x24
Signed long integer
DT_FLT
0x25
Single precision floating point
DT_DBL
0x26
Double precision floating point
ST_SZ_STRIPPED_SPACES
0x27
Null-terminated variable length string
DT_DATE
0x28
Date representation (no time)
DT_TIME_INTERVAL
0x29
Time interval
DT_LOCATOR
0x2A
Locator
DT_FILE
0x2B
File
DT_SFN
0x2C
Null-padded fixed length character string
DT_SFNZ
0x2D
Fixed length null-terminated character string
DT_TIME
0x2E
Time representation (no date)
DT_SQL_DATE
0x2F
Reserved - currently not in use
DT_SQL_TIME
0x30
Reserved - currently not in use
DT_SQL_TIMESTAMP
0x31
Reserved - currently not in use
DT_LONG_SZ
0x32
Null-terminated variable length string
DT_LONG_SFZ
0x33
Null-terminated fixed length string
DT_LONG_SFN
0x35
Null-padded fixed length character string
DT_CURSOR
0x36
Cursor
DT_SINT1
0x37
1-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_STINYINT in ODBC)
DT_SINT2
0x38
2-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_SSHORT in ODBC)
DT_SINT4
0x39
4-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_SLONG in ODBC)
DT_CINT1
0x3A
1-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_TINYINT in ODBC)
DT_CINT2
0x3B
2-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_SHORT in ODBC)
DT_CINT4
0x3C
4-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_LONG in ODBC)
DT_FORCE_CINT1
0x3D
1-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_TINYINT in ODBC)
DT_FORCE_CINT2
0x3E
2-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_SHORT in ODBC)
DT_FORCE_CINT4
0x3F
4-byte signed integer
(SQL_C_LONG in ODBC)
DT_OCI_DATETIME
0x40
Date and time (SQLT_ODT in Oracle)
DT_OCI_CLOB
0x41
Character LOB descriptor (SQLT_CLOB in Oracle)
DT_OCI_BLOB
0x42
Binary LOB descriptor (SQLT_BLOB in Oracle)
DT_OCI_REFCURSOR
0x43
Reference cursor/ Result set (SQLT_RSET in Oracle)
DT_GUID
0x44
GUID structure (SQL_C_GUID in ODBC)
DT_OCI_ROWID
0x45
Unique handle ID of a database table row (SQLT_RDD in Oracle)

All the "FORCE" data types are for cases where the ODBC driver does not support the new signed type, SQL_C_Sxxx. In such a case, force it to use the old type - SQL_C_xxx.