Purpose

Specifies how columns of the Binary type are described. This property affects ResultSetMetaData calls. getTypeInfo() calls are affected only when the property is set to longvarbinary. In this configuration, an additional LONGVARBINARY entry is added to the getTypeInfo results.

Valid Values

varbinary | longvarbinary

Behavior

If set to varbinary, Binary columns are described as VARBINARY.

If set to longvarbinary, Binary columns are described as LONGVARBINARY.

Data Source Method

setBinaryDescribeType

Default

varbinary

Data Type

String

See also

Performance Considerations