MUSHclient scripting

Description of MUSHclient world function: world.DatabaseColumnType

Name	DatabaseColumnType
Type	Method
Summary	Returns the type of data in an SQL column
Prototype	`long DatabaseColumnType(BSTR DbName, long Column);` View list of data type meanings
Description	You can use this, after successfully doing a DatabaseStep, to find the type of data actually in each column of the current row. Data types are: Integer: 1 Float: 2 Text: 3 Blob: 4 Null: 5 This can be called after DatabaseStep to find whether a particular column is text, a number, or NULL (no data). Columns start at 1 for the first column, up to the number returned by DatabaseColumns. Note: Available in version 4.40 onwards.
Lua example	`t = DatabaseColumnType ("db", 2) --> 3 (if the column is text)`
Returns	`A positive integer representing the data type of the specified column, as follows: Integer: 1 Float: 2 Text: 3 Blob: 4 Null: 5 Otherwise, an error code: -1 : Database id not found -2 : Database not open -4 : Do not have prepared statement -5 : Do not have a valid row -7 : Column number out of range`
Introduced in version	4.40

See also ...

Function	Description
DatabaseColumnName	Find the name of a specified column returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseColumnNames	Return a table of all the columns returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseColumns	Find how many columns will be returned by an SQL statement
DatabaseColumnText	Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text
DatabaseColumnType	Returns the type of data in an SQL column
DatabaseColumnValue	Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text, float, integer, or null
DatabaseColumnValues	Returns the contents of all the SQL columns after a step
DatabaseError	Returns an English string describing the most recent SQL error
DatabaseExec	Executes SQL code against an SQLite database
DatabaseFinalize	Finalizes (wraps up) a previously-prepared SQL statement
DatabaseLastInsertRowid	Returns the most recently automatically allocated database key
DatabaseOpen	Opens an SQLite database
DatabasePrepare	Prepares an SQL statement for execution
DatabaseReset	Resets a previously-prepared SQL statement to the start

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