Description of MUSHclient world function: world.DatabaseColumnValue
Name | DatabaseColumnValue |
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Type | Method |
Summary | Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text, float, integer, or null |
Prototype | VARIANT DatabaseColumnValue(BSTR DbName, long Column);
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Description | You can use this, after successfully doing a DatabaseStep, to get the data in a particular column, in the appropriate format: text, floating point number, integer or null. Note: Available in version 4.40 onwards. |
Lua example |
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Lua notes |
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Returns | The contents of the column, as a string, long, double or empty variant. |
Introduced in version | 4.40 |
See also ...
Function | Description |
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DatabaseColumnName | Find the name of a specified column returned by an SQL statement |
DatabaseColumnNames | Return a table of all the columns returned by an SQL statement |
DatabaseColumns | Find how many columns will be returned by an SQL statement |
DatabaseColumnText | Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text |
DatabaseColumnType | Returns the type of data in an SQL column |
DatabaseColumnValues | Returns the contents of all the SQL columns after a step |
DatabaseError | Returns an English string describing the most recent SQL error |
DatabaseExec | Executes SQL code against an SQLite database |
DatabaseFinalize | Finalizes (wraps up) a previously-prepared SQL statement |
DatabaseLastInsertRowid | Returns the most recently automatically allocated database key |
DatabaseOpen | Opens an SQLite database |
DatabasePrepare | Prepares an SQL statement for execution |
DatabaseReset | Resets a previously-prepared SQL statement to the start |
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