Field.Type Property
| Access Developer Reference |
Sets or returns a value that indicates the operational type or data type of an object. Read/write Integer.
Syntax
expression.Type
expression A variable that represents a Field object.
Remarks
The setting or return value is a constant that indicates an operational or data type. For a Field object, this property is read/write until the object is appended to a collection or to another object, after which it's read-only.
For a Field object, the possible settings and return values are described in the following table.
| Constant | Description |
|---|---|
| dbBigInt | Big Integer |
| dbBinary | Binary |
| dbBoolean | Boolean |
| dbByte | Byte |
| dbChar | Char |
| dbCurrency | Currency |
| dbDate | Date/Time |
| dbDecimal | Decimal |
| dbDouble | Double |
| dbFloat | Float |
| dbGUID | GUID |
| dbInteger | Integer |
| dbLong | Long |
| dbLongBinary | Long Binary (OLE Object) |
| dbMemo | Memo |
| dbNumeric | Numeric |
| dbSingle | Single |
| dbText | Text |
| dbTime | Time |
| dbTimeStamp | Time Stamp |
| dbVarBinary | VarBinary |
When you append a new Field, Parameter, or Property object to the collection of an Index, QueryDef, Recordset, or TableDef object, an error occurs if the underlying database doesn't support the data type specified for the new object.