ADO Type Property

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The Type property sets or returns a DataTypeEnum value that indicates the type of a Parameter, Field, or a Property object.

Object	Description of the Type Property
Parameter	The Type property has read/write permissions on a Parameter object
Field	The Type property is read/write, with one exception; for new Field objects that are added to the Fields collection of a Record, this property is read-only before the Value property has been set and before the provider has called the Update method of the Fields collection
Property	The Type property is read-only for a Property object

Syntax

objectname.Type

Example - For a Field object

Example - For a Parameter object

<%
set comm=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
set para=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Parameter")

para.Type=adVarChar
para.Size=25
para.Direction=adParamInput
para.Value=varfname

comm.Parameters.Append para
%>

Example - For a Property object

<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"

set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.open "Select * from orders", conn

set prop=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Property")

'Display the property attributes of the Orders Table
for each prop in rs.Properties
  response.write("Attr:" & prop.Attributes & "<br>")
  response.write("Name:" & prop.Name & "<br>")
  response.write("Value:" & prop.Value & "<br>")
next

rs.close
conn.close
set rs=nothing
set conn=nothing
%>

DataTypeEnum Values

Specifies the data type of a Field, Parameter, or Property object

Constant	Value	Description
adEmpty	0	No value
adSmallInt	2	A 2-byte signed integer.
adInteger	3	A 4-byte signed integer.
adSingle	4	A single-precision floating-point value.
adDouble	5	A double-precision floating-point value.
adCurrency	6	A currency value
adDate	7	The number of days since December 30, 1899 + the fraction of a day.
adBSTR	8	A null-terminated character string.
adIDispatch	9	A pointer to an IDispatch interface on a COM object. Note: Currently not supported by ADO.
adError	10	A 32-bit error code
adBoolean	11	A boolean value.
adVariant	12	An Automation Variant. Note: Currently not supported by ADO.
adIUnknown	13	A pointer to an IUnknown interface on a COM object. Note: Currently not supported by ADO.
adDecimal	14	An exact numeric value with a fixed precision and scale.
adTinyInt	16	A 1-byte signed integer.
adUnsignedTinyInt	17	A 1-byte unsigned integer.
adUnsignedSmallInt	18	A 2-byte unsigned integer.
adUnsignedInt	19	A 4-byte unsigned integer.
adBigInt	20	An 8-byte signed integer.
adUnsignedBigInt	21	An 8-byte unsigned integer.
adFileTime	64	The number of 100-nanosecond intervals since January 1,1601
adGUID	72	A globally unique identifier (GUID)
adBinary	128	A binary value.
adChar	129	A string value.
adWChar	130	A null-terminated Unicode character string.
adNumeric	131	An exact numeric value with a fixed precision and scale.
adUserDefined	132	A user-defined variable.
adDBDate	133	A date value (yyyymmdd).
adDBTime	134	A time value (hhmmss).
adDBTimeStamp	135	A date/time stamp (yyyymmddhhmmss plus a fraction in billionths).
adChapter	136	A 4-byte chapter value that identifies rows in a child rowset
adPropVariant	138	An Automation PROPVARIANT.
adVarNumeric	139	A numeric value (Parameter object only).
adVarChar	200	A string value (Parameter object only).
adLongVarChar	201	A long string value.
adVarWChar	202	A null-terminated Unicode character string.
adLongVarWChar	203	A long null-terminated Unicode string value.
adVarBinary	204	A binary value (Parameter object only).
adLongVarBinary	205	A long binary value.
AdArray	0x2000	A flag value combined with another data type constant. Indicates an array of that other data type.

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