mi_integer mi_type_length(type_desc)
   MI_TYPE_DESC *type_desc;

type_desc

is a pointer to the type descriptor from which to obtain the length.

Valid in Client LIBMI Application?	Valid in User-Defined Routine?
Yes	Yes

The mi_type_length( ) function determines the length for the data type that type_desc references. The length of the type can exceed the length of the data in the type. For extended data types, the length is the value of the length column of the sysxtdtypes system catalog table.

>=0

is the length of the data type in the type_desc type descriptor.

MI_ERROR

indicates that the data type in type_desc is CHAR or NCHAR.

See also the descriptions of mi_type_align( ), mi_type_byvalue( ), mi_type_constructor_typedesc( ), mi_type_element_typedesc( ), mi_type_full_name( ), mi_type_maxlength( ), mi_type_owner( ), mi_type_precision( ), mi_type_qualifier( ), mi_type_scale( ), mi_type_typedesc( ), mi_type_typename( ), and mi_typedesc_typeid( ).