Using SQLite

Name

sqlite3_column_type() — Get the datatype of a result column

Definition

int sqlite3_column_type( sqlite3_stmt* stmt, int cidx );

stmt

A prepared and executed statement.

cidx

A column index. The first column has an index of zero (0).

Returns

The native datatype code of a result value.

Description

This function returns the initial datatype of the value in a result column. For a given column, this value may change from one result row to the next. If this function is used, it should be called before any sqlite3_column_xxx() function. Once a type conversion takes place, the result of this function is undefined.

The return value will be SQLITE_INTEGER, SQLITE_FLOAT, SQLITE_TEXT, SQLITE_BLOB, or SQLITE_NULL.

See Also

sqlite3_column_xxx(), sqlite3_step()