Release Notes

6MapTimestampDescribe CLI/ODBC configuration keyword

6Keyword description:

6Controls the SQL data type returned when TIMESTAMP columns and parameter 6markers are described.

6db2cli.ini keyword syntax:

6MapTimestampDescribe = 0 | 1 | 2

6Default setting:

6The default SQL data type for TIMESTAMP data is returned: 6SQL_TIMESTAMP for ODBC 2.0 or SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP for ODBC 63.0.

6Usage notes:

6  6

6To control the SQL data type that is returned when TIMESTAMP columns and 6parameter markers are described, set MapTimestampDescribe as follows: 6

• 60 - to return the default SQL data type: SQL_TIMESTAMP for ODBC 62.0 or SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP for ODBC 3.0
• 61 - to return the SQL_CHAR SQL data type
• 62 - to return the SQL_WCHAR SQL data type 6

6Only the following DB2 CLI functions are affected by setting 6MapTimeStampDescribe: 6

• 6SQLDescribeCol()
• 6SQLDescribeParam()
• 6SQLGetDescField()
• 6SQLGetDescRec() 6

6The DB2 CLI catalog functions are not affected by this 6keyword.