On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 09:36:26AM -0700, Dean Arnold wrote: > I may have missed this in the archives, but google > didn't shed any light, so here goes... > > DBI currently defines a readonly ParamValues $sth attribute; > is there a need for an equivalent ParamTypes attribute ?
Yeap: http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=ParamTypes%20bunce Tim. > I'm currently dealing with an app that needs to retrieve > parameter type info, and will be adding a driver-specific > attribute for it, but thought it might be something that DBI > in general might need. > > FWIW: my implementation will return a hashref of > parameter type info keyed by parameter name (or number), > with values consisting of hashrefs of > > { TYPE, PRECISION, SCALE, IN_OR_OUT } > > ala the returned fields type info, plus an IN/OUT/INOUT indicator > for stored procedure calls (string based: 'IN', 'OUT', 'INOUT'). > If no type info is available for a > parameter, its TYPE will be SQL_UNKNOWN_TYPE; if a piece of the > type info is missing or not relevant, (e.g., VARCHAR wo/ a > defined PRECISION, or the PRECISION/SCALE for an INTEGER), > then that piece of info is omitted. > > Thoughts ? Did I overlook an existing attribute or i/f ? > > Regards, > Dean Arnold > Presicient Corp. >
