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--- reference:metatype [2015/07/19 01:16] – created mnewnham
+++ reference:metatype [2015/08/12 02:07] (current) – removed mnewnham
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-====== metaType ======
-~~NOTOC~~
-<WRAP right box>
-== Syntax ==
-  string metaType(){
-         mixed $dataType
-         }
-</WRAP>
-===== Description =====
-The function ''metaType()'' accepts as an argument a database specific datatype, usually the result of a call to [[reference:fetchfield|fetchField()]] and returns an ADOdb datatype, which provides a mapping to allow cross-database compatibility.