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FieldType()

Retrieves the data type of a field variable.

Syntax

FieldType( <nFieldPos> ) --> cFieldType

Arguments

<nFieldPos>

A numeric value specifying the ordinal position of the field variable to query. Valid values are in the range from 1 to FCount().

Return

The function returns a single character indicating the data type of the specified field variable, or a null string ("") if <nFieldPos> is outside the valid range.

Description

FieldType() retrieves a particular information available for field variables: its data type.

Info

See also:	DbFieldInfo(), DbStruct(), FieldDec(), FieldLen(), FieldName()
Category:	Field functions , xHarbour extensions
Source:	rdd\dbcmd.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll