PhysicalDatatype Property
This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
The PhysicalDatatype property returns the name of the base data type for the referenced column.
Syntax
object
.PhysicalDatatype
Parts
- object
An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list
Data Type
String
Modifiable
Read-only
Prototype (C/C++)
HRESULT GetPhysicalDatatype(SQLDMO_LPBSTR pRetVal);
Note
SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) strings are always returned as OLE BSTR objects. A C/C++ application obtains a reference to the string. The application must release the reference using SysFreeString.
Remarks
For a Microsoft SQL Server column created using a base data type, the referencing Column object Datatype and PhysicalDatatype properties have identical values. For a SQL Server column created using a user-defined data type, the referencing Column object Datatype property returns the name of the user-defined data type. The PhysicalDatatype property reports the SQL Server base data type.