The 'type' field contains (roughly) the datatype of the source column. Types returned are:

'type' Sybase Type
------- --------------------------
string CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT
image IMAGE
blob BINARY, VARBINARY
bit BIT
int TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT
real REAL, FLOAT, NUMERIC, DECIMAL
money MONEY
datetime DATETIME, SMALLDATETIME


--was--
There is one field missing from the description above that seems to be in there (at least as of php-3.0.12).

The 'type' field contains (roughly) the datatype of the source column. Types returned are:

<PRE>
'type' Sybase Type
------- --------------------------
string CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT
image IMAGE
blob BINARY, VARBINARY
bit BIT
int TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT
real REAL, FLOAT, NUMERIC, DECIMAL
money MONEY
datetime DATETIME, SMALLDATETIME
</PRE>

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