Sets or returns a value that indicates one or more characteristics of a CdbField object.
Syntax
VOIDSetAttributes(LONG l);
LONGGetAttributes(VOID);
Set Parameters
| Type | Example | Description |
| LONG | l | A Long with one or more of the values listed in Remarks. |
Remarks
The valid values are the following:
| Constant | Description |
| dbAutoIncrField | The field value for new records is automatically incremented to a unique Long integer that can't be changed (in a Microsoft Jet workspace, supported only for Microsoft Jet database(.mdb) tables). |
| dbDescending | The field is sorted in descending (Z to A or 100 to 0) order; this option applies only to a Field object in a Fields collection of an Index object. If you omit this constant, the field is sorted in ascending (A to Z or 0 to 100) order. This is the default value for Index and TableDef fields (Microsoft Jet workspaces only). |
| dbFixedField | The field size is fixed (default for Numeric fields). |
| dbHyperlinkField | The field contains hyperlink information (Memo fields only). |
| dbSystemField | The field stores replication information for replicas; you can't delete this type of field (Microsoft Jet workspaces only). |
| dbUpdatableField | The field value can be changed. |
| dbVariableField | The field size is variable (Text fields only). |