BINTYPE( )
Returns the predefined type number of a specified binary field.
Syntax
BINTYPE([<field name>])
<field name>
The name of a field in the current table.
Description
BINTYPE( ) returns the predefined binary type number of a binary field in the current table. Using this command, you can determine the type of data stored in the field. The values returned by BINTYPE( ) are the following:
|
Predefined binary type numbers |
Description |
|
1 to 32K – 1 (1 to 32,767) |
User-defined file types |
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32K (32,768) |
.WAV files |
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32K + 1 (32,769) |
.BMP and .PCX files |
BINTYPE( ) returns an error if a non-binary field is specified. It returns a value of 0 if the binary field is empty.
OODML
No direct equivalent. You may be able to ascertain the data type by examining the data in the value of the Field object.