To define the buffer pointed to by newValue, use the C data type that maps to the underlying type of the distinct UDT. For example, if the distinct type represents an SQL INTEGER data type, you can define the buffer like this:
INTEGER value; value = 2048;
For information on the C data types that you can use, see C Data Types.
If the underlying type of the distinct UDT is a character string, and the newValue character string is shorter than the size defined for the type, FNC_SetDistinctValue fills to the right with spaces.
Because character data types allow embedded null characters, do not include null termination characters in the value you pass in for the length argument.
To guarantee that the value you pass in for the length argument matches the length of the data type, use these macros defined in the sqltypes_td.h header file.
| Macro | Description |
|---|---|
SIZEOF_CHARACTER_LATIN(len) SIZEOF_CHARACTER_KANJISJIS(len) SIZEOF_CHARACTER_KANJI1(len) SIZEOF_CHARACTER_UNICODE(len) |
Returns the length in bytes of a CHARACTER data type of len characters. For example, the following returns a length of 6 (3 * 2 = 6):SIZEOF_CHARACTER_UNICODE(3) |
SIZEOF_VARCHAR_LATIN(len) SIZEOF_VARCHAR_KANJISJIS(len) SIZEOF_VARCHAR_KANJI1(len) SIZEOF_VARCHAR_UNICODE(len) |
Returns the length in bytes of a VARCHAR data type of len characters. For example, the following returns a length of 6 (3 * 2 = 6):SIZEOF_VARCHAR_UNICODE(3) |
SIZEOF_BYTE(len) SIZEOF_VARBYTE(len) |
Returns the length in bytes of the specified BYTE or VARBYTE data type, where len specifies the number of values. |
SIZEOF_GRAPHIC(len) SIZEOF_VARGRAPHIC(len) |
Returns the length in bytes of the specified CHARACTER(n) CHARACTER SET GRAPHIC or VARCHAR(n) CHARACTER SET GRAPHIC data type, where len specifies the number of values. |
SIZEOF_BYTEINT SIZEOF_SMALLINT SIZEOF_INTEGER SIZEOF_BIGINT SIZEOF_REAL SIZEOF_DOUBLE_PRECISION SIZEOF_FLOAT SIZEOF_DECIMAL1 SIZEOF_DECIMAL2 SIZEOF_DECIMAL4 SIZEOF_DECIMAL8 SIZEOF_DECIMAL16 SIZEOF_NUMERIC1 SIZEOF_NUMERIC2 SIZEOF_NUMERIC4 SIZEOF_NUMERIC8 SIZEOF_NUMERIC16 SIZEOF_NUMBER |
Returns the length in bytes of the specified numeric data type. For NUMBER, the length returned is 4 + 2 + 17 = 23 bytes since Vantage allocates max length (17 bytes) for the mantissa. |
SIZEOF_DATE SIZEOF_ANSI_Time SIZEOF_ANSI_Time_WZone SIZEOF_TimeStamp SIZEOF_TimeStamp_WZone |
Returns the length in bytes of the specified DateTime type. |
SIZEOF_INTERVAL_YEAR SIZEOF_IntrvlYtoM SIZEOF_INTERVAL_MONTH SIZEOF_INTERVAL_DAY SIZEOF_IntrvlDtoH SIZEOF_IntrvlDtoM SIZEOF_IntrvlDtoS SIZEOF_HOUR SIZEOF_IntrvlHtoM SIZEOF_IntrvlHtoS SIZEOF_MINUTE SIZEOF_IntrvlMtoS SIZEOF_IntrvlSec |
Returns the length in bytes of the specified Interval type. |