DataType Enum

Definition

Indicates the data type of columns in data flow components and the data flow buffer.

public enum class DataType
public enum DataType
type DataType = 
Public Enum DataType
Inheritance
DataType

Fields

DT_BOOL 11

A Boolean value. The numeric value is 11.

DT_BYREF_BOOL 16395

A pointer to a Boolean value. The numeric value is 16395.

DT_BYREF_CY 16390

A pointer to a currency value. This data type is an 8-byte value with a scale of 4 and a maximum precision of 19. The numeric value is 16390.

DT_BYREF_DATE 16391

A pointer to a date structure that consists of year, month, date, and hour. The numeric value is 16391.

DT_BYREF_DBDATE 16517

A pointer to a date structure that consists of year, month, and date. The numeric value is 16517.

DT_BYREF_DBTIME 16518

A pointer to a time structure that consists of hour, minute, and second. The numeric value is 16518.

DT_BYREF_DBTIME2 16520

A pointer to a time structure that consists of hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds. The fractional seconds have a maximum scale of 7 digits. The numeric value is 16520.

DT_BYREF_DBTIMESTAMP 16519

A pointer to a timestamp structure that consists of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds. The fractional seconds have a maximum scale of 3 digits. The numeric value is 16519.

DT_BYREF_DBTIMESTAMP2 16522

A pointer to a timestamp structure that consists of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds. The fractional seconds have a maximum scale of 7 digits. The numeric value is 16522.

DT_BYREF_DBTIMESTAMPOFFSET 16521

A pointer to a timestamp structure that consists of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds. The fractional seconds have a maximum scale of 7 digits.

DT_BYREF_DECIMAL 16398

A pointer to an exact numeric value with a fixed precision and a fixed scale. This data type is a 12-byte value with a separate sign, a scale of 0 to 28, and a maximum precision of 29. The numeric value is 16398.

DT_BYREF_FILETIME 16448

A pointer to a 64-bit value that represents the number of 100-nanosecond intervals since January 1, 1601. The numeric value is 16448.

DT_BYREF_GUID 16456

A pointer to a GUID. The numeric value is 16456.

DT_BYREF_I1 16400

A pointer to a 1-byte, signed integer. The numeric value is 16400.

DT_BYREF_I2 16386

A pointer to a 2-byte, signed integer. The numeric value is 16386.

DT_BYREF_I4 16387

A pointer to a 4-byte, signed integer. The numeric value is 16387.

DT_BYREF_I8 16404

A pointer to an 8-byte, signed integer. The numeric value is 16404.

DT_BYREF_NUMERIC 16515

A pointer to an exact numeric value with a fixed precision and scale. This data type is a 16-byte value with a separate sign, a scale of 0 to 38, and a maximum precision of 38. The numeric value is 16515.

DT_BYREF_R4 16388

A pointer to a single-precision floating-point value. The numeric value is 16388.

DT_BYREF_R8 16389

A pointer to a double-precision floating-point value. The numeric value is 16389.

DT_BYREF_UI1 16401

A pointer to a 1-byte, unsigned integer. The numeric value is 16401.

DT_BYREF_UI2 16402

A pointer to a 2-byte, unsigned integer. The numeric value is 16402.

DT_BYREF_UI4 16403

A pointer to a 4-byte, unsigned integer. The numeric value is 16403.

DT_BYREF_UI8 16405

A pointer to an 8-byte, unsigned integer. The numeric value is 16405.

DT_BYTES 128

A binary data value. The length is variable and the maximum length is 8,000 bytes. The numeric value is 128.

DT_CY 6

A currency value. This data type is an 8-byte value with a scale of 4 and a maximum precision of 19. The numeric value is 6.

DT_DATE 7

A date structure that consists of year, month, day, and hour.

DT_DBDATE 133

A date structure that consists of year, month, and date. The numeric value is 133.

DT_DBTIME 134

A time structure that consists of hour, minute, and second. The numeric value is 134.

DT_DBTIME2 145

A time structure that consists of hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds. The fractional seconds have a maximum scale of 7 digits. The numeric value is 145.

DT_DBTIMESTAMP 135

A timestamp structure that consists of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds. The fractional seconds have a maximum scale of 3 digits. The numeric value is 135.

DT_DBTIMESTAMP2 304

A timestamp structure that consists of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds. The fractional seconds have a maximum scale of 7 digits. The numeric value is 304.

DT_DBTIMESTAMPOFFSET 146

A timestamp structure that consists of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds. The fractional seconds have a maximum scale of 7 digits.

DT_DECIMAL 14

An exact numeric value with a fixed precision and a fixed scale. This data type is a 12-byte value with a separate sign, a scale of 0 to 28, and a maximum precision of 29. The numeric value is 14.

DT_EMPTY 0

A data type that does not have a value. The numeric value is 0.

DT_FILETIME 64

A 64-bit value that represents the number of 100-nanosecond intervals since January 1, 1601. The numeric value is 64.

DT_GUID 72

A globally unique identifier (GUID). The numeric value is 72.

DT_I1 16

A 1-byte, signed integer. The numeric value is 16.

DT_I2 2

A 2-byte, signed integer. The numeric value is 2.

DT_I4 3

A 4-byte, signed integer. The numeric value is 3.

DT_I8 20

An 8-byte, signed integer. The numeric value is 20.

DT_IMAGE 301

A binary value with a maximum size of 231–1 (2,147,483,647) bytes. The numeric value is 301.

DT_NTEXT 303

A Unicode character string with a maximum length of 2^30–1 (1,073,741,823) characters. The numeric value is 303.

DT_NULL 1

A data type with a value of NULL. The numeric value is 1.

DT_NUMERIC 131

An exact numeric value with a fixed precision and scale. This data type is a 16-byte value with a separate sign, a scale of 0 to 38, and a maximum precision of 38. The numeric value is 131.

DT_R4 4

A single-precision floating-point value. The numeric value is 4.

DT_R8 5

A double-precision floating-point value. The numeric value is 5.

DT_STR 129

A null-terminated ANSI/MBCS character string. The numeric value is 129.

DT_TEXT 302

An ANSI/MBCS character string with a maximum length of 231–1 (2,147,483,647) characters. The numeric value is 302.

DT_UI1 17

A 1-byte, unsigned integer. The numeric value is 17.

DT_UI2 18

A 2-byte, unsigned integer. The numeric value is 18.

DT_UI4 19

A 4-byte, unsigned integer. The numeric value is 19.

DT_UI8 21

An 8-byte, unsigned integer. The numeric value is 21.

DT_WSTR 130

A null-terminated Unicode character string. The numeric value is 130.

Remarks

Data types are divided into reference types and value types. Reference types point to an object of the specified type. Value types contain the actual data, not a pointer to the data.

For those data types that are value types, there are times where you need a pointer to their data, not the data itself. In the member table, the DT_BYREF* members are fields that were created to be pointers to value types.

For more information, see Working with Data Types in the Data Flow.

Note

Boolean values are logical values, not numbers. Although Boolean values may be displayed as numbers in some environments, they are not stored as numbers, and various programming languages represent Boolean values as numeric values differently, as do the .NET Framework methods.

For example, the conversion functions available in Visual Basic convert True to -1; however, the System.Convert.ToInt32 method in the .NET Framework converts True to +1. The Integration Services Expression Language converts True to -1.

To avoid errors or unexpected results, you should not write code that relies on particular numeric values for True and False. Wherever possible, you should restrict usage of Boolean variables to the logical values for which they are designed.

For more information about data types, see Integration Services Data Types.

Applies to