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ora_columntype

(PHP 4, PHP 5 <= 5.0.5)

ora_columntype — Gets the type of an Oracle result column

Description

string ora_columntype ( resource $cursor , int $column )

Returns the Oracle data type name of the column on the cursor .

Parameters

cursor

An Oracle cursor, opened with ora_open().

column

The column number. First is 0.

Return Values

The returned type will be one of the following strings:

  • "VARCHAR2"
  • "VARCHAR"
  • "CHAR"
  • "NUMBER"
  • "LONG"
  • "LONG RAW"
  • "ROWID"
  • "DATE"
  • "CURSOR"

ChangeLog

Version Description
5.1.0

The oracle extension is deprecated in favor of oci8.

Notes

When using oci8 as a replacement for the deprecated oracle extension, consider using: