Oracle® Objects for OLE C++ Class Library Developer's Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) Part Number B14308-01 |
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The Oracle Objects for OLE C++ Class Library supports the simplest types of C data types: int, long, double, and char *. Two additional types are defined by the library:
In this release, the routines return oresults of either OSUCCESS or OFAILURE to indicate whether the methods succeeded or not. In cases of OFAILURE, other methods should be called to determine the precise error. See Error Handling for more information.
The Oracle database does not store values using C++ data types. It has its own type system. The types that the database uses are:
Types |
Description |
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OTYPE_VARCHAR2 |
variable length character |
OTYPE_NUMBER |
number (either integer or fixed point) |
OTYPE_LONG |
a long piece of text |
OTYPE_ROWID |
special record identifier |
OTYPE_DATE |
a date |
OTYPE_RAW |
short piece of raw bytes |
OTYPE_LONGRAW |
a large blob or raw bytes |
OTYPE_CHAR |
fixed length character |
OTYPE_MSLABEL |
special type for secure databases |
You should consult your Oracle documentation for more information about these types. The text types (varchar2, long and char) are special in that Oracle will perform character set translation on them. A number field may store an integer or a fixed point number depending on its scale and precision. It is important to note that calculations that are done in the database are done with decimal (not binary) rounding.