3.1.4.2.2.1.3.3.1 Columns
The DBSCHEMA_COLUMNS rowset contains the following columns.
Name |
Type |
Restriction |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
TABLE_CATALOG |
xsd:string |
Yes |
The name of the database. |
TABLE_SCHEMA |
xsd:string |
Yes |
The name of the table schema. |
TABLE_NAME |
xsd:string |
Yes |
The name of the table. |
COLUMN_NAME |
xsd:string |
Yes |
The name of the attribute hierarchy or measure. |
COLUMN_GUID |
uuid |
|
The GUID of the column. |
COLUMN_PROPID |
xsd:unsignedInt |
|
The property ID of the column. |
ORDINAL_POSITION |
xsd:unsignedInt |
|
The column order for each constraint. |
COLUMN_HAS_DEFAULT |
xsd:boolean |
|
Indicates whether the column has a default. If true, the column has a default. If false, the column does not have a default.<198> |
COLUMN_DEFAULT |
xsd:string |
|
The default value of the column.<199> |
COLUMN_FLAGS |
xsd:unsignedInt |
|
A bitmask that indicates column properties.
|
IS_NULLABLE |
xsd:boolean |
|
Indicates whether the column is nullable.<200> If true, indicates that the column is nullable. Otherwise, false. |
DATA_TYPE |
xsd:unsignedShort |
|
The data type of the column. Returns a string for dimension columns and a variant for measures. |
TYPE_GUID |
uuid |
|
The GUID of the column's data type. |
CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH |
xsd:unsignedInt |
|
The maximum possible length of a value in the column, expressed as the number of wide characters. |
CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH |
xsd:unsignedInt |
|
The maximum length in octets (bytes) of the column, if the type of the column is character or binary. A value of zero means that the column has no maximum length. NULL for all other types of columns. |
NUMERIC_PRECISION |
xsd:unsignedShort |
|
The maximum precision of the column if the column's data type is of a numeric data type other than DBTYPE_VARNUMERIC. |
NUMERIC_SCALE |
xsd:short |
|
The number of digits to the right of the decimal point if the column's type indicator is DBTYPE_DECIMAL, DBTYPE_NUMERIC, or DBTYPE_VARNUMERIC. Otherwise, this is NULL.<201> |
DATETIME_PRECISION |
xsd:unsignedInt |
|
The date/time precision (number of digits in the fractional seconds portion) of the column if the column is a DateTime or Interval type. |
CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG |
xsd:string |
|
The catalog name. NULL if the provider does not support catalogs. |
CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA |
xsd:string |
|
The unqualified schema name. NULL if the provider does not support schemas.<202> |
CHARACTER_SET_NAME |
xsd:string |
|
The character set name. |
COLLATION_CATALOG |
xsd:string |
|
The catalog name in which the collation is defined. NULL if the provider does not support catalogs or different collations. |
COLLATION_SCHEMA |
xsd:string |
|
The unqualified schema name in which the collation is defined. NULL if the provider does not support schemas or different collations. |
COLLATION_NAME |
xsd:string |
|
The collation name. NULL if the server does not support different collations. |
DOMAIN_CATALOG |
xsd:string |
|
The catalog name in which the domain is defined. NULL if the server does not support catalogs or domains. |
DOMAIN_SCHEMA |
xsd:string |
|
The unqualified schema name in which the domain is defined. NULL if the server does not support schemas or domains. |
DOMAIN_NAME |
xsd:string |
|
The domain name. NULL if the server does not support domains. |
DESCRIPTION |
xsd:string |
|
The human-readable description of the column. For example, the description for a column that is named Name in the Employee table might be "Employee name." NULL if this column is not supported by the server, or if there is no description associated with the column. |
COLUMN_OLAP_TYPE |
xsd:string |
Yes |
The OLAP type of the object: MEASURE indicates that the object is a measure. ATTRIBUTE indicates that the object is a dimension attribute. SCHEMA indicates that the object is a column in a schema rowset table. |
The response has the following definition.
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<xsd:element name="root"> <xsd:complexType> <xsd:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <xsd:element name="row" type="row" /> </xsd:sequence> </xsd:complexType> </xsd:element> <xsd:simpleType name="uuid"> <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string"> <xsd:pattern value="[0-9a-zA-Z]{8}-[0-9a-zA-Z]{4}-[0-9a-zA-Z]{4}-[0-9a-zA-Z]{4}-[0-9a-zA-Z]{12}" /> </xsd:restriction> </xsd:simpleType> <xsd:complexType name="row"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element sql:field="TABLE_CATALOG" name="TABLE_CATALOG" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="TABLE_SCHEMA" name="TABLE_SCHEMA" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="TABLE_NAME" name="TABLE_NAME" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLUMN_NAME" name="COLUMN_NAME" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLUMN_GUID" name="COLUMN_GUID" type="uuid" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLUMN_PROPID" name="COLUMN_PROPID" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="ORDINAL_POSITION" name="ORDINAL_POSITION" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLUMN_HAS_DEFAULT" name="COLUMN_HAS_DEFAULT" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLUMN_DEFAULT" name="COLUMN_DEFAULT" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLUMN_FLAGS" name="COLUMN_FLAGS" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="IS_NULLABLE" name="IS_NULLABLE" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="DATA_TYPE" name="DATA_TYPE" type="xsd:unsignedShort" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="TYPE_GUID" name="TYPE_GUID" type="uuid" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH" name="CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH" name="CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="NUMERIC_PRECISION" name="NUMERIC_PRECISION" type="xsd:unsignedShort" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="NUMERIC_SCALE" name="NUMERIC_SCALE" type="xsd:short" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="DATETIME_PRECISION" name="DATETIME_PRECISION" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG" name="CHARACTER_SET_CATALOG" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA" name="CHARACTER_SET_SCHEMA" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="CHARACTER_SET_NAME" name="CHARACTER_SET_NAME" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLLATION_CATALOG" name="COLLATION_CATALOG" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLLATION_SCHEMA" name="COLLATION_SCHEMA" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLLATION_NAME" name="COLLATION_NAME" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="DOMAIN_CATALOG" name="DOMAIN_CATALOG" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="DOMAIN_SCHEMA" name="DOMAIN_SCHEMA" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="DOMAIN_NAME" name="DOMAIN_NAME" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="DESCRIPTION" name="DESCRIPTION" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> <xsd:element sql:field="COLUMN_OLAP_TYPE" name="COLUMN_OLAP_TYPE" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" /> </xsd:sequence> </xsd:complexType>