AdomdDataReader.GetFieldType Method

Article
12/03/2008

Returns a Type that represents the data type of the specified column.

Namespace: Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdServer
Assembly: msmgdsrv (in msmgdsrv.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetFieldType ( _
    i As Integer _
) As Type

public Type GetFieldType (
    int i
)

public:
virtual Type^ GetFieldType (
    int i
) sealed

public final Type GetFieldType (
    int i
)

public final function GetFieldType (
    i : int
) : Type

Parameters

i
The zero-based ordinal position of the column to find.

Return Value

A Type that contains the type of the Object returned by the GetValue method.

Remarks

This information may be used to increase performance by indicating the strongly typed accessor to call.

If the data contained in the column changes from row to row, the type returned will be Object.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms