AdomdDataReader.GetDataTypeName Method

Article
12/03/2008

Returns a String that contains the full name of the data type for the specified column.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetDataTypeName ( _
    i As Integer _
) As String

public string GetDataTypeName (
    int i
)

public:
virtual String^ GetDataTypeName (
    int i
) sealed

public final String GetDataTypeName (
    int i
)

public final function GetDataTypeName (
    i : int
) : String

Parameters

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

Return Value

A String that contains the full name of the data type for the specified column.

Remarks

The data type information can differ from the type information returned by GetFieldType, especially where the underlying data types do not map one for one to the runtime types supported by the language. (For example, GetDataTypeName may be "integer", but Type.Name may be "Int32".)

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