RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE attribute

When you dynamically invoke a user-defined function, get an attribute, or run a method, RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE lets you do one of the following to the return value:

Detect its data type

Cause it to be converted to a different data type

If you set RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE to a data type other than the expected data type before executing the dynamic invoke, the value returned is automatically converted to that data type. Otherwise, when the dynamic invoke returns, RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE indicates the data type of the value returned.

Data type:

CHARACTER

Access:

Readable/Writable

Applies to:

Call object handle

 

Syntax 

RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE [ = datatype ]

datatype

A character expression equal to one of the following:

"CHARACTER"

"DATE"

"DATETIME"

"DATETIME-TZ"

"DECIMAL"

"HANDLE"

"INT64"

"INTEGER"

"LOGICAL"

"RAW"

Unknown value (?)

The default is the Unknown value (?).