Daylight v4.9
Release Date: 1 February 2008

Name

dt_datatype - find the datatype of an object

Generic Prototype

dt_datatype(dt_Handle) => dt_Handle

C Prototype

#include "dt_thor.h"

dt_Handle dt_datatype(dt_Handle object)

FORTRAN Prototype

include 'dt_f_thor.inc'

integer*4 dt_f_datatype(object)

integer*4 object

Description

Finds the datatype which is associated with the object. 'object' may be dataitems and datafields (THOR) or columns (Merlin).

Return Value

Returns a datatype object. For object other than columns, dataitems, and datafields, this property is defined as NULL_OB.

Related Topics

dt_briefname(3) dt_description(3) dt_dfnorm(3) dt_dfnormdata(3) dt_fieldtype(3) dt_getdatatype(3) dt_summary(3) dt_tag(3)