Database Characteristics (API Guide)
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Several items are available for determining database characteristics, such as its size and major and minor ODS version numbers. The following table lists the request buffer items that can be passed, and the information returned in the result buffer for each item type
Request buffer item | Result buffer contents |
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Number of database pages allocated |
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Database version (level) number:
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Database implementation number:
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0 or 1
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On-disk structure (ODS) minor version number; an increase in a minor version number indicates a non-structural change, which does not affect database access |
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Number of bytes per page of the attached database; use with |
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The SQL dialect supported by the database software |
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Version identification string of the database implementation:
The version string is for display only. Use the base level or version to identify versions functionally. |