Kbase 16589: What is a VARIANT Data Type?
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
10/05/1998 |
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What is a VARIANT Data Type?
A VARIANT data type is utilized heavily with OLE Automation and is a
variable which can dynamically change to enable it to correlate to the
actual type of data that is currently assigned to it.
For C programmers, this would equate to a 'union'.
For COBOL programmers, this would equate to a 'redefines'.
For Pascal programmers, this would equate to a 'record'.
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 16589