BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  How to get Field Data type          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Databases (SQL Servers) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Daniel Guest Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:42 am    Post subject: How to get Field Data type Hi, How to get data type of a field in one table? I know there is TFieldType in VCL, and AdoQuery.Fields[0].DataType can get it as well. but it seems not exactlly mapping to SQL data type. Is there any SQL syntax to get a fields data type named in SQL system Data type? Thanks a lot. Daniel Back to top Bill Todd Guest Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:04 am    Post subject: Re: How to get Field Data type With most servers you can query the server directly. How you do that depends on the server you are using and we do not know which server you are using. -- Bill Todd (TeamB) Back to top Daniel Guest Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:14 am    Post subject: Re: How to get Field Data type I am using MS SQL Server. I want to get the field type from a table, so I can check if an input field format is correct. Thanks, Daniel "Bill Todd" <no (AT) no (DOT) com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:42e98ec5$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: With most servers you can query the server directly. How you do that depends on the server you are using and we do not know which server you are using. -- Bill Todd (TeamB) Back to top Maurice Telkamp Guest Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:19 am    Post subject: Re: How to get Field Data type Perhaps something like this: SELECT * from information_schema.columns WHERE table_name='MyTableName' AND column_name='MyColumnName' Maurice "Daniel" <dan59314 (AT) ms3 (DOT) hinet.net> wrote Quote: I am using MS SQL Server. I want to get the field type from a table, so I can check if an input field format is correct. Thanks, Daniel "Bill Todd" ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:42e98ec5$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... With most servers you can query the server directly. How you do that depends on the server you are using and we do not know which server you are using. -- Bill Todd (TeamB) Back to top Daniel Guest Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:34 am    Post subject: Re: How to get Field Data type Thanks. "Maurice Telkamp" <maurice.telkamp_at_beeone.nl> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:42e9d7c2$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Perhaps something like this: SELECT * from information_schema.columns WHERE table_name='MyTableName' AND column_name='MyColumnName' Maurice "Daniel" <dan59314 (AT) ms3 (DOT) hinet.net> wrote in message news:42e9ad16 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... I am using MS SQL Server. I want to get the field type from a table, so I can check if an input field format is correct. Thanks, Daniel "Bill Todd" <no (AT) no (DOT) com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:42e98ec5$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... With most servers you can query the server directly. 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