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<refnamediv>
<refname>db2_columns</refname>
<refpurpose>
Returns a result set listing the columns and associated metadata for a table
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>resource</type><methodname>db2_columns</methodname>
<methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>connection</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>qualifier</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>schema</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>table_name</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>column_name</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Returns a result set listing the columns and associated metadata for a
table.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>connection</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A valid connection to an IBM DB2, Cloudscape, or Apache Derby database.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>qualifier</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A qualifier for DB2 databases running on OS/390 or z/OS servers. For
other databases, pass &null; or an empty string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>schema</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The schema which contains the tables. To match all schemas, pass
<literal>'%'</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>table_name</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the table or view. To match all tables in the database,
pass &null; or an empty string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>column_name</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the column. To match all columns in the table, pass &null;
or an empty string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns a statement resource with a result set containing rows describing
the columns matching the specified parameters. The rows are composed of
the following columns:
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Column name</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>TABLE_CAT</entry>
<entry>Name of the catalog. The value is NULL if this table does not
have catalogs.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>TABLE_SCHEM</entry>
<entry>Name of the schema.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>TABLE_NAME</entry>
<entry>Name of the table or view.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>COLUMN_NAME</entry>
<entry>Name of the column.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>DATA_TYPE</entry>
<entry>The SQL data type for the column represented as an integer value.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>TYPE_NAME</entry>
<entry>A string representing the data type for the column.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>COLUMN_SIZE</entry>
<entry>An integer value representing the size of the column.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>BUFFER_LENGTH</entry>
<entry>
Maximum number of bytes necessary to store data from this column.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>DECIMAL_DIGITS</entry>
<entry>
The scale of the column, or &null; where scale is not applicable.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NUM_PREC_RADIX</entry>
<entry>
An integer value of either <literal>10</literal> (representing
an exact numeric data type), <literal>2</literal> (representing an
approximate numeric data type), or &null; (representing a data type for
which radix is not applicable).
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NULLABLE</entry>
<entry>An integer value representing whether the column is nullable or
not.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>REMARKS</entry>
<entry>Description of the column.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>COLUMN_DEF</entry>
<entry>Default value for the column.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SQL_DATA_TYPE</entry>
<entry>An integer value representing the size of the column.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SQL_DATETIME_SUB</entry>
<entry>
Returns an integer value representing a datetime subtype code,
or &null; for SQL data types to which this does not apply.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH</entry>
<entry>
Maximum length in octets for a character data type column, which
matches COLUMN_SIZE for single-byte character set data, or &null; for
non-character data types.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ORDINAL_POSITION</entry>
<entry>The 1-indexed position of the column in the table.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>IS_NULLABLE</entry>
<entry>
A string value where 'YES' means that the column is nullable and
'NO' means that the column is not nullable.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
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<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>db2_column_privileges</function></member>
<member><function>db2_foreign_keys</function></member>
<member><function>db2_primary_keys</function></member>
<member><function>db2_procedure_columns</function></member>
<member><function>db2_procedures</function></member>
<member><function>db2_special_columns</function></member>
<member><function>db2_statistics</function></member>
<member><function>db2_table_privileges</function></member>
<member><function>db2_tables</function></member>
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