Specifies the default SQL type associated with SQL_CHAR,
SQL_VARCHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR.
- db2cli.ini keyword syntax:
- MapCharToWChar = 0 | 1
- Default setting:
- The default SQL type representation for SQL_CHAR, SQL_VARCHAR
and SQL_LONGVARCHAR is used.
- Equivalent connection attribute:
- SQL_ATTR_MAPCHAR
- Usage notes:
- MapCharToWChar controls the SQL type that is returned when describing
SQL_CHAR, SQL_VARCHAR and SQL_LONGVARCHAR columns or parameter markers.
Set MapCharToWChar as follows:
- 0 - to return the default SQL type representation
- 1 - to return SQL_CHAR as SQL_WCHAR, SQL_VARCHAR as SQL_WVARCHAR,
and SQL_LONGVARCHAR as SQL_WLONGVARCHAR
Only the following
CLI functions
are affected by setting MapCharToWChar:
- SQLColumns()
- SQLColAttribute()
- SQLDescribeCol()
- SQLDescribeParam()
- SQLGetDescField()
- SQLGetDescRec()
- SQLProcedureColumns()
DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows