Name

internal_type — returns internal integer datatype of its argument

Synopsis

internal_type ( arg anything );

Description

internal_type returns an integer value representing the internal type of its argument. These values are the same as what Virtuoso uses in the column COL_DTP of the system table SYS_COLS for keeping the track of the default types of each column of each table.

internal_type(space(5))             -> 182 (A long string)