TYPEPROPERTY¶
Returns information about a data type.
Syntax¶
Arguments¶
type
Is the name of the data type.
‘property’
Is the type of information to be returned for the data type. property can be one of the following values:
Property |
Description |
Value returned |
---|---|---|
AllowsNull |
Data type allows for null values. |
1 = True 0 = False NULL = Data type not found. |
OwnerId |
Owner of the type. Note: The schema owner is not necessarily the type owner. |
Nonnull = The database user ID of the type owner. Default is: 4 NULL = Unsupported type, or type ID is not valid. |
Precision |
Precision for the data type. |
The number of digits or characters. =1 = xml or large value data type NULL = Data type not found. |
Scale |
Scale for the data type. |
The number of decimal places for the data type. NULL = Data type is not numeric or not found. |
UsesAnsiTrim |
ANSI padding setting was ON when the data type was created. |
1 = True 0 = False NULL = Data type not found, or it is not a binary or string data type. |
Return types¶
int
Example¶
SELECT TYPEPROPERTY(SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) + '.' + name, 'OwnerId') AS owner_id
, name
, system_type_id
, user_type_id, schema_id
FROM sys.types
;