GetFieldScale Method

Applies To
ODynaset

Description
This method returns the scale of the number field.

Usage
int GetFieldScale(int index) const

int GetFieldScale(const char *fieldname) const

Arguments
index the 0-based index of the field. The index is the position of the field in the SQL query that created the current record set.

fieldname the name of the field, as expressed in the SQL query

Remarks
In an Oracle database, one column data type is number. If a field has a data type of number, it has two additional attributes: scale and precision. The scale is the number of decimal digits to the right of the decimal point. It can range (in Oracle) from -84 to 127.

Scale has no meaning for non-number fields.

Return Value
The scale of the number field. On error (which includes calling this method on a non-number field) a 0 is returned.