dam_describeColResAlias
- Last Updated: May 12, 2026
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- OpenAccess SDK
- Version 8.1
- Documentation
This method is used to get the result column alias description for the specified column. You must set up buffers of at least DAM_MAX_ID_LEN+1 for the identifier names returned by this method. Pass in NULL for any attributes you do not want.
To get the first result column alias description, pass 1 for bFirst. Then, pass 0 for bFirst to get the next result column alias descriptions.
int dam_describeColResAlias(
int64 hstmt,
int64 hcol,
StringBuilder pAliasName,
int bFirst,
out int64 phcolAlias)
Parameters for dam_describeColResAlias
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| IN | ||
| hstmt | int64 | The statement handle |
| hcol | int64 | The column handle |
| bFirst | int | Pass in 1 to get the first alias and 0 to get the next alias. |
OUT |
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| pAliasName | StringBuilder | The result alias name |
| phColAlias | int64 | The result alias column handle. This column handle should be used when IP returns value for the result column using dam_addColAliasxxxValToRow. |
RETURN |
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| int | DAM_SUCCESS – on success DAM_FAILURE – on failure DAM_NOT_AVAILABLE – when no result columns match the input column handle. |