db_column_type (public)

db_column_type table_name column_name

Defined in packages/acs-core/database-util-procs.tcl

Returns the Oracle Data Type for the specified column. Returns -1 if the table or column doesn't exist.

Parameters:

table_name
column_name

Author:

Yon Feldman <yon@arsdigita.com>

Changelog:

10 July, 2000: changed to return error if column name doesn't exist (mdettinger@arsdigita.com)

11 July, 2000: changed to return lower case data types (yon@arsdigita.com)

11 July, 2000: changed to return error using the db_string default clause (yon@arsdigita.com)