Oracle® Objects for OLE Developer's Guide 11g Release 2 (11.2) for Microsoft Windows Part Number E12245-01 |
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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 |
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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 |