Query Column Properties

This topic lists the properties of a Column object in a query.

There are two types of the Column object in a query: table column and computed column. All the properties are read only for table columns, while some are editable for computed columns.

Property Name	Description
Array	Specifies whether the column is an array type or not. Data type: Boolean
Column Name	Indicates the name of the column in the raw database. This property is read only.
Currency	Displays whether to control the SQL type of formulas or summaries in which the BigDecimal type fields are imported. true - The formula or summary which is built with the BigDecimal type field will be BigDecimal type, and its SQL Type value will be set to 3. false - The normal data type will be used for the formula or summary. Data type: Boolean
Description	Specifies the description of the column. Data type: String
Display Width	Specifies the display width of the column. Data type: Float If the Display Width value of a column is not set in the Catalog Manager, the column will be inserted in a report with the default width defined by Logi Report. Assume that you have set the Display Width of a column, and used the column while creating a new component with the report wizard, its width may be adjusted according to the paper size.
Expression	Specifies the statement of the formula. Available to computed column only. Data type: String
Name	Shows the display name of the column. This property is read only.
Nullable	Specifies the nullability of the column's value. Data type: Enumeration
Precision	Specifies the precision of the column's value. The default value comes from data source metadata and it specifies the column's largest number of digits. The larger the precision is, the more memory it might take, however, the more accurate values you will get. Data type: Integer
Scale	Specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point for the column's value. Data type: Integer
SQL Type	Specifies the SQL type of the column defined in Java. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Integer

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