Item type properties

The following table lists the OLE DB data types and the values of the item type properties to which they correspond when the type tree is generated.

OLE DB Data Type Interpret as Item Subclass, Presentation Length
DBTYPE_UI1 Character Number, Integer 3
DBTYPE_UI2 Character Number, Integer 5
DBTYPE_UI4 Character Number, Integer 10
DBTYPE_UI8 Character Number, Integer 20
DBTYPE_I1 Character Number, Integer 4
DBTYPE_I2 Character Number, Integer 6
DBTYPE_I4 Character Number, Integer 11
DBTYPE_I8 Character Number, Integer 20
DBTYPE_R4 Binary Number, Float 4
DBTYPE_R8 Binary Number, Float 8
DBTYPE_CY Character Number, Decimal *
DBTYPE_NUMERIC Character Number, Decimal *
DBTYPE_BOOL Character Text (ASCII) 1
DBTYPE_STR Character Text (ASCII) *
DBTYPE_WSTR Character Text (UNICODE) *
DBTYPE_BYTES Binary Text (Byte stream) *
DBTYPE_DBDATE Character Date & Time 10
DBTYPE_DBTIME Character Date & Time 8
DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP Character Date & Time 19-26

* The DBMS dictates the length of this type.