LOTUS CONNECTORS


Microsoft Access 2000 Data Types
The following tables show the correspondences of Microsoft Access to LEI and DECS data types for various types of activities.
Refer to Chapter 3, "Introduction to Lotus Connectors" for more information about these tables.

Execute
Microsoft AccessLotus Connector API (used by LEI and DECS)
BIT, YES/NOInt
NUMBER BYTEInt
NUMBER INTEGERInt
NUMBER LONG INTEGER, COUNTER, AUTONUMBER
(AutoNumber is set by FieldSize to 4,
or 16 if FieldSize is set to Replication ID)
Int
NUMBER SINGLEFloat
NUMBER DOUBLEFloat
CURRENCYCurrency
DATE/TIMEDatetime
TEXT, VARCHARText (variable length, bound <= 255)
LONGTEXT, MEMO, HyperlinkText (variable length, unbounded)
VARBINARY, BINARYBinary (variable length, bound <= 510)
LONGBINARY, OLE OBJECTBinary (variable length, unbounded)

Fetch
Microsoft AccessLotus Connector API
(used by LEI and DECS)
BIT, YES/NOInt
NUMBER BYTEInt
NUMBER INTEGERInt
NUMBER LONG INTEGER, COUNTER, AUTONUMBER
(AutoNumber is set by FieldSize to 4,
or 16 if FieldSize is set to Replication ID)
Int
NUMBER SINGLEFloat
NUMBER DOUBLEFloat
CURRENCYCurrency
DATE/TIMEDatetime
TEXT, VARCHARText (variable length, bound <= 255)
LONGTEXT, MEMO, HyperlinkText (variable length, unbounded)
VARBINARY, BINARYBinary (variable length, bound <= 510)
LONGBINARY, OLE OBJECTBinary (variable length, unbounded)

Insert/Update
Lotus Connector API
(used by LEI and DECS)
Microsoft Access
IntBIT, YESNO, NUMBER BYTE(o), NUMBER INTEGER(o), COUNTER, NUMBER LONG INTEGER, AUTONUMBER
FloatNUMBER SINGLE (p, o), NUMBER DOUBLE
CurrencyCURRENCY
DatetimeDATETIME, DATE, TIME,
Text
(variable length,
bound <= 255)
TEXT (o), VARCHAR (o)
Text
(variable length,
unbounded)
LONGTEXT, MEMO, Hyperlink
Binary
(variable length,
bound <= 510)
BINARY (o), VARBINARY (o)
Binary
(variable length,
unbounded)
LONGBINARY, OLE OBJECT

Create
Lotus Connector API (used by LEI and DECS)Microsoft Access
IntBIT, YESNO, NUMBER BYTE(o), NUMBER INTEGER(o), COUNTER, NUMBER LONG INTEGER, AUTONUMBER
FloatNUMBER SINGLE (p, o), NUMBER DOUBLE
CurrencyCURRENCY
DatetimeDATETIME
Text
(variable length,
bound <= 255)
TEXT (o), VARCHAR (o)
Text
(variable length,
unbounded)
LONGTEXT, MEMO, Hyperlink
Binary
(variable length,
bound <= 510)
BINARY (o), VARBINARY (o)
Binary
(variable length,
unbounded)
LONGBINARY, OLE OBJECT