PrepInfo - Call-Level Interface Version 2

Teradata Call-Level Interface Version 2 Reference for Workstation-Attached Systems

Product
Call-Level Interface Version 2
Release Number
15.00
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-09-25
dita:id
B035-2418
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

PrepInfo

Purpose

Returns a description of the return data specified by a request, when that request is sent to the Teradata Database with a Request Processing Option of Prepare and a Response Mode of Indicator.

The parcel also contains an estimate of the time it will take to execute the statement.

Usage Notes

If the PrepInfo parcel contains zeros, the statement was an ECHO statement. The PrepInfo parcel is generated by the Teradata Database.

Parcel Data

The following information applies to the PrepInfo parcel.

 

Flavor

Parcel Body Length

Parcel Body Fields

86

12 to maximum body size

CostEstimate:

SummaryCount:

8 byte floating

2 byte unsigned integer

The following occur once for the SELECTed columns, and SummaryCount times for any WITH clauses.

ColumnCount:

2 byte unsigned integer

     For each column, the following occur:

     DataType:

     DataLen:

     ColumnName:

 

 

     ColumnFormat:

 

     ColumnTitle:

2 byte unsigned integer

2 byte unsigned integer

two byte unsigned integer plus the number of bytes specified by that integer

two byte unsigned integer plus the number of bytes specified by that integer

two byte unsigned integer plus the number of bytes specified by that integer

Field Notes

The following notes apply to PrepInfo fields.

  • CostEstimate returns a time estimate, in milliseconds, of how long it will take to execute a request.
  • The CostEstimate field is set to zero if the estimated time is negligible.

  • SummaryCount specifies the number of WITH clauses in the request.
  • The SummaryCount field is set to zero if no summary data is returned, that is, if the request is not a SELECT statement or if the request is a SELECT statement without any WITH clauses.

  • ColumnCount specifies how many sets of column‑descriptive fields follow.
  • The first occurrence of ColumnCount indicates the number of columns returned by the statement.

    It is immediately followed by as many sets of the column‑descriptive fields as required to describe each column.

    Next, if SummaryCount is greater than zero, a group of fields is returned once for each WITH clause.

    Each group comprises a ColumnCount field that indicates the number of columns referenced in the clause, and as many sets of the column‑descriptive fields as required to describe each column in that clause:

  • DataType specifies a code associated with a column‘s data type. For the possible data types, see Table 16 on page 262.
  • DataLen specifies a column‘s length in bytes.
  • However, if a column‘s data type is DECIMAL, the first byte contains the integral digits and the second byte contains the fractional digits.

  • ColumnName specifies a column‘s name, consisting of length in bytes of the name followed by that name in characters from the current session character set. The maximum length of a name currently may be obtained using the DBCHQE SQL-limits query, though in the future the maximum might increase to allow character representation information. The absolute maximum is 65535.
  • If a column is the result of an expression, the first two bytes contain a length of zero and the text portion of the field is empty.

  • ColumnFormat specifies a column‘s format, consisting of length in bytes of the Format followed by that Format in characters from the current session character set. The maximum length is not externally provided by the Database so the only limit available is 65535.
  • If a column‘s format is null, the first two bytes contain a length of zero and the text portion of the field is empty.

  • ColumnTitle specifies a column‘s title, consisting of length in bytes of the Title followed by that Title in characters from the current session character set. The maximum length is not externally provided by the Database so the only limit available is 65535.
  • If a column‘s title is null, the first two bytes contain a length of zero and the text portion of the field is empty, when Return‑statement‑info 'Y' was not specified.

    For example, consider the following SELECT statement,

    SELECT Name 
    FROM Employee 
    WITH COUNT (DeptNo), SUM (Salary) BY Salary
    WITH COUNT (DeptNo) BY DeptNo;

    This statement produces a PrepInfo parcel with the following byte sequence:

    Parcel flavor is 86 with length 124
    40 4D BE B8 51 EB 85 1E 00 02 00 01 01 C0 00 0C
    00 04 D5 81 94 85 00 05 E7 4D F1 F2 5D 00 04 4E
    61 6D 65 00 02 01 F1 00 04 00 00 00 06 60 4D F1
    F0 5D F9 00 0B E2 E4 D4 4D C4 85 97 A3 D5 96 5D
    01 E5 0F 02 00 00 00 0A E9 E9 E9 6B E9 E9 F9 4B
    F9 F9 00 0B 53 75 6D 28 53 61 6C 61 72 79 29 00
    01 01 F1 00 04 00 00 00 06 E2 E4 D4 4D E2 81 93
    81 99 A8 5D 00 0B E2 E4 D4 4D C4 85 97 A3 D5 96
    5D

    The parcel fields, above, translate as follows (an explanation of each acronym follows):

    CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE SC SC CC CC DT DT DL DL
    NL NL CN CN CN CN FL FL CF CF CF CF CF TL TL CT
    CT CT CT CC CC DT DT DL DL NL NL FL FL CF CF CF
    CF CF CF TL TL CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT
    DT DT DL DL NL NL FL FL CF CF CF CF CF CF CF CF
    CF CF TL TL CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CC
    CC DT DT DL DL NL NL FL FL CF CF CF CF CF CF TL
    TL CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT CT
     

    CostEstimate

    =

    CE, 8 bytes

    SummaryCount

    =

    SCxx, where xx is the number of WITH clauses, 2 bytes

    ColumnCount

    =

    CCxx, where xx is the number of columns, 2 bytes

    DataType

    =

    DT, 2 bytes

    DataLength

    =

    DL, 2 bytes

    ColumnName

    =

    NLxx followed by CN, where xx indicates the field‘s length and CN represents the text

    ColumnFormat

    =

    FLxx followed by CF, where xx indicates the field‘s length and CF represents the text

    ColumnTitle

    =

    TLxx followed by CT, where xx indicates the field‘s length and CT represents the text