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#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbcx_ColumnDescriptor_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_sdbcx_ColumnDescriptor_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbcx_Descriptor_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/sdbcx/Descriptor.idl> 
#endif 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdbcx { 
 
 
// DocMerge from xml: service com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor
/** describes the common properties of a database column. Could be used for the creation
	of a database columns within a table.
	@see com::sun::star::sdbcx::Column 
	@see com::sun::star::sdbcx::Table
 */
service ColumnDescriptor
{ 
	// DocMerge: empty anyway
	service com::sun::star::sdbcx::Descriptor;	 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::Type
	/** is the 
		<type scope="com::sun::star::sdbc">DataType</type>
		of the column.
	 */
	[property] long Type; 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::TypeName
	/** is the type name used by the database. If the column type is
		a user-defined type, then a fully-qualified type name is returned.
		May be empty.
	 */
	[property] string TypeName; 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::Precision
	/** gets a column's number of decimal digits.
	 */
	[property] long Precision; 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::Scale
	/** gets a column's number of digits to right of the decimal point.
	 */
	[property] long Scale; 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::IsNullable
	/** indicates the nullability of values in the designated column.
		@see com::sun::star::sdbc::ColumnValue
	 */
	[property] long IsNullable; 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::IsAutoIncrement
	/** indicates whether the column is automatically numbered, thus read-only.
		@see com::sun::star::sdbc::ColumnValue
	 */
	[property] boolean IsAutoIncrement; 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::IsRowVersion
	/** indicates that the column contains some kind of time or date stamp
		used to track updates.
	 */
	[optional, property] boolean IsRowVersion; 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::Description
	/** keeps a description of the object.
	 */
	[optional, property] string Description; 
 
	 
	// DocMerge from xml: property com::sun::star::sdbcx::ColumnDescriptor::DefaultValue
	/** keeps a default value for a column, is provided as string.
	 */
	[optional, property] string DefaultValue; 

	/** specifies how to create an autoincrement column.
	 */
	[optional, property] string AutoIncrementCreation;  
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; }; 
 
#endif 
