mi_string *mi_type_typename(type_desc)
   MI_TYPE_DESC *type_desc;

type_desc

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

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

The mi_type_typename( ) function obtains the data type name from the type descriptor that type_desc references. For extended data types, the name is the value of the name column of the sysxtdtypes system catalog table.

An mi_string pointer

is the name of the data type in type_desc.

NULL

indicates that the function was not successful.

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_length( ), mi_type_maxlength( ), mi_type_owner( ), mi_type_precision( ), mi_type_qualifier( ), mi_type_scale( ), mi_type_typedesc( ), and mi_typedesc_typeid( ).