ATTRIBUTE-TYPE — Returns the type of the supplied attribute.Function
attributeThe name of the index as a string, symbol or SQL expression.
tableThe name of a table as a string, symbol or SQL expression.
owner
A string, NIL or :all.
databaseA database object which defaults to *default-database*.
typeA keyword symbol denoting a vendor-specific SQL type.
precision
An integer denoting the precision of the attribute type
or NIL.
scale
An integer denoting the scale of the attribute type
or NIL.
nulls-accepted0 or 1.
Returns a keyword symbol representing the vendor-specific
field type of the supplied attribute
attribute in the table specified by
table in database
which defaults to
*default-database*. owner
is NIL by default which means that the attribute specified by
attribute, if it exists, must be user
owned else NIL is returned. If owner is
a string denoting a user name, the attribute, if it exists, must
be owned by owner else NIL is returned,
whereas if owner is :all
then the attribute, if it exists, will be returned regardless of
its owner.
Other information is also returned. The second value is the type precision, the third is the scale and the fourth represents whether or not the attribute accepts null values (a value of 0) or not (a value of 1).