Re: ESQL/C Serial Column Type?

Posted in 1996

Richard Spitz — Fri, 29 Nov 1996 09:08:11 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Rajendra Singh wrote: > According to the reference manual, a serial > column is 6. [...] I then looked at > the column definition in "syscolumns" and found that the type is 262. > What's the meaning of this? Why can't I use SQLSERIAL? When a column is defined "NOT NULL", 256 is added to the column type. This should also be stated in your manual. Regards, Richard -- +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-3413 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | | +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+