Supported Data Type Conversions

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The following table lists the data type conversions supported by the MSXML 2.0 and later.

Data type Variant type

string

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_DATE, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL, VT_ARRAY

number

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

int

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

float

VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

fixed.14.4 (currency)

VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

boolean

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

dateTime

VT_BSTR, VT_DATE, VT_VARIANT

i1

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

i2

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

i4

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

i8

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4

ui1

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UI1, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

ui2

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

ui4

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

ui8

VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

r4

VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

r8

VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

uuid

VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT

uri

VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT

bin.hex

VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT, VT_ARRAY

char

VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

See Also

Reference

XDR Schema Data Types Reference
XDR Schema Data Types
Primitive XDR Schema Data Types
XDR Reference