IldColumn Class Reference

Instances of the class IldColumn represent the columns of a relation. More...

#include <ildblink/ildrel.h>

Inheritance diagram for IldColumn:

Public Member Functions
const IldRelation &	getRelation () const
	Get the relation of the column. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from IldDescriptor
IldADTDescriptor *	getADTDescriptor () const
	Get the abstract data type descriptor. More...
const char *	getName () const
	Get the name of the described object. More...
short	getPrecision () const
	Get the precision of the described object. More...
short	getScale () const
	Get the scale of the described object. More...
IlUInt	getSize () const
	Get the maximum data size of the described object. More...
short	getSqlType () const
	Get the SQL type of the decribed object. More...
const char *	getSqlTypeName () const
	Get the SQL type name of the described object. More...
IldColumnType	getType () const
	Get the type of the described object. More...
IlBoolean	isNullable () const
	Indicates whether or not the column can contain values that are NULL in the RDBMS sense.

Detailed Description

Instances of the class IldColumn represent the columns of a relation.

Library: dbkernel

The functional interface of this class is made up only of accessors for the characteristics of a column, such as name, DB Link type, name of the native SQL type, size, precision and scale whenever applicable, and nullability of the column data. These characteristics are accessed using the functions of its base class IldDescriptor.

See also

IldDescriptor, IldRelation

Member Function Documentation

getRelation()

const IldRelation & IldColumn::getRelation

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const

Get the relation of the column.

Returns

In the form of a reference, the IldRelation object to which this column belongs.