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<H1>SQL Portability - Data Types</H1>
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<LI><H2>For raw information about data types supported by the driver:
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<BR><BR>$type_info_data = $dbh->type_info_all(
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<LI><H2>To map data type codes to names:
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<BR>$sth = $dbh->prepare(select foo, bar from tablename);
<BR>$sth->execute;
<BR>for my $i (0 .. $sth->{NUM_OF_FIELDS}) { printf Column name %s: Column type name: %s, $sth->{NAME}->[$i], $dbh->type_info( $sth->{TYPE} )->{TYPE_NAME};
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<LI><H2>To select the nearest type supported by the database:
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<BR>$my_date_type = $dbh->type_info( [ SQL_DATE, SQL_TIMESTAMP ] );
<BR>$my_smallint_type = $dbh->type_info( [ SQL_SMALLINT, SQL_INTEGER, SQL_DECIMAL ] );
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