The Java Open Client does support a common mechanism for specifying the ABL data types in the metadata for temp-table fields, whether they are mapped using the OpenEdge ProDataGraph or the SQL ResultSet. This metadata support is provided by the com.progress.open4gl.Parameter class.

Wherever you specify the ABL data type of an individual temp-table field, you can use the Parameter class constants listed in the following table. Thus, the sections of this manual that describe how to create temp-table field metadata refer to the class constants listed here.

Table 1. Parameter class constants for temp-table field metadata

Progress temp-table field data type	com.progress.open4gl.Parameterclass constant
BLOB	PRO_BLOB
CHARACTER	PRO_CHARACTER
CLOB	PRO_CLOB
COM-HANDLE	PRO_COMHANDLE
DATE	PRO_DATE
DATETIME	PRO_DATETIME
DATETIME-TZ	PRO_DATETIMETZ
DECIMAL	PRO_DECIMAL
INT64	PRO_LONG
INTEGER	PRO_INTEGER
LOGICAL	PRO_LOGICAL
RAW	PRO_RAW
RECID	PRO_RECID
ROWID	PRO_ROWID
WIDGET-HANDLE	PRO_WIDGETHANDLE