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ColumnMetadata - Amazon Redshift Data API

ColumnMetadata

The properties (metadata) of a column.

Contents

Note

In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

columnDefault

The default value of the column.

Type: String

Required: No

isCaseSensitive

A value that indicates whether the column is case-sensitive.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

isCurrency

A value that indicates whether the column contains currency values.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

isSigned

A value that indicates whether an integer column is signed.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

label

The label for the column.

Type: String

Required: No

length

The length of the column.

Type: Integer

Required: No

name

The name of the column.

Type: String

Required: No

nullable

A value that indicates whether the column is nullable.

Type: Integer

Required: No

precision

The precision value of a decimal number column.

Type: Integer

Required: No

scale

The scale value of a decimal number column.

Type: Integer

Required: No

schemaName

The name of the schema that contains the table that includes the column.

Type: String

Required: No

tableName

The name of the table that includes the column.

Type: String

Required: No

typeName

The database-specific data type of the column.

Type: String

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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