DataTypeEnum

Constant Description Value Jet 4.0

data
type

adArray Or'd together with another type to indicate that

the data is a safe-array of that type
(DBTYPE_ARRAY).
Not listed in the WROX Tables (2.0)

adBigInt An 8-byte signed integer (DBTYPE_I8). 20  

adBinary A binary value (DBTYPE_BYTES). 128  

adBoolean A Boolean value (DBTYPE_BOOL). 11  

adByRef Or'd together with another type to indicate that

the data is a pointer to data of the other type
(DBTYPE_BYREF).
Not listed in the WROX Tables (2.0)

Not listed in the 2.6 table

adBSTR A null-terminated character string (Unicode) 8  

(DBTYPE_BSTR).

adChapter A field which is a Child ADO RecordSet. 136  

New w/v2.0

adChar A String value (DBTYPE_STR). 129  

adCurrency A currency value (DBTYPE_CY). Currency is a 6  

fixed-point number with 4 digits to the right of
the decimal point. It is stored in an 8-byte signed
integer
scaled by 10,000.

adDate A Date value (DBTYPE_DATE). A date is stored 7  

as a Double, the whole part of which is the
number of days since December 30, 1899, and
the fractional part of which is the fraction of a
day.

adDBDate A date value (yyyymmdd) (DBTYPE_DBDATE). 133  

adDBFileTime A database file time. 137  

Not shown in ado2.6

adDBTime A time value (hhmmss) (DBTYPE_DBTIME). 134  

adDBTimeStamp A date-time stamp (yyyymmddhhmmss plus a 135  

fraction in billionths)
(DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP).

adDecimal An exact numeric value with a fixed precision 14  

and scale (DBTYPE_DECIMAL).

adDouble A double-precision floating point value 5  

(DBTYPE_R8).
adEmpty No value was specified (DBTYPE_EMPTY). 0  

adError A 32-bit error code (DBTYPE_ERROR). 10  

adFileTime A Dos/Win 32 file time. The number of 100 nano 64  

second intervals since Jan 1, 1601.

adGUID A globally unique identifier (GUID) 72  

(DBTYPE_GUID).

adIDispatch A pointer to an IDispatch interface on an OLE 9  

object (DBTYPE_IDISPATCH).

adInteger A 4-byte signed integer (DBTYPE_I4). 3  

adIUnknown A pointer to an IUnknown interface on an OLE 13  

object (DBTYPE_IUNKNOWN).

adLongVarBinary A long binary value (Parameter object only). 205  

adLongVarChar A long String value (Parameter object only). 201  

adLongVarWChar A long null-terminated string value (Parameter 203 Memo

object only).

adNumeric An exact numeric value with a fixed precision 131  

and scale (DBTYPE_NUMERIC).

adPropVariant A variant that is not equivalent to an Automation 138  

variant.
New w/V2.0

adSingle A single-precision floating point value 4  

(DBTYPE_R4).

adSmallInt A 2-byte signed integer (DBTYPE_I2). 2  

adTinyInt A 1-byte signed integer (DBTYPE_I1). 16  

adUnsignedBigInt An 8-byte unsigned integer (DBTYPE_UI8). 21  

adUnsignedInt A 4-byte unsigned integer (DBTYPE_UI4). 19  

adUnsignedSmallInt A 2-byte unsigned integer (DBTYPE_UI2). 18  

adUnsignedTinyInt A 1-byte unsigned integer (DBTYPE_UI1). 17  

adUserDefined A user-defined variable (DBTYPE_UDT). 132  

adVarBinary A binary value (Parameter object only). 204  

adVarChar A String value (Parameter object only). 200  

adVariant An Automation Variant (DBTYPE_VARIANT). 12  

adVarNumeric A variable width exact numeric, with a single 139  

scale value.
New w/ADO v2.0

adVarWChar A null-terminated Unicode character string 202  

(Parameter object only).
adVector Or'd together with another type to indicate that
the data is a DBVECTOR structure, as defined
by OLE DB, that contains a count of elements
and a pointer to data of the other type
(DBTYPE_VECTOR).
Not in ADO v2.0

A null-terminated Unicode character string 130 Text

Not in ADO 2.6 (DBTYPE_WSTR).
documentation
adWChar

The Direction parameter or the CreateParameter method of the Command class uses a
data type of ParamterDirectionEnum.

ParameterDirectionEnum can be one of the following

Name Type / Value Description

adParamUnknown 0 To indicate the direction of the parameter is unknown

adParamInput 1 The parameter is used as an input parameter.

adParamOutput 2 Parameter is an output parameter from the command.

adParamInputOutput 3 Parameter is both an input and an output.

adParamReturnValue 4 Parameter is a return value from the command.