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metaType

Syntax

string metaType(
       mixed $dataType
       )

Description

The function metaType() accepts as an argument a native, database-specific type. This is usually the result of a call to fetchField(), and can be given either as a string, or an ADOFieldObject.

It returns an ADOdb standard datatype, which provides a mapping to allow cross-database compatibility.

Usage

/*
* Connection to mysql database
*/
 
print $db->metaType('VARCHAR');
/*
* Returns 'C'
*/