Buffer-field object handle

A handle to a buffer‑field object. Buffer‑field objects let you examine and modify the fields of a record. They also let you examine the schema properties of the field.

Syntax 

 

buffer-field-handle [ :attribute ]

buffer-field-handle

A handle to a buffer‑field object.

attribute

An attribute of the buffer‑field object.

Attributes

 

ADM-DATA attribute	AVAILABLE attribute	BUFFER-HANDLE attribute
BUFFER-NAME attribute	BUFFER-VALUE( ) method	CAN-READ attribute
CAN-WRITE attribute	CASE-SENSITIVE attribute	COLUMN-LABEL attribute
DATA-TYPE attribute	DBNAME attribute	DECIMALS attribute
DEFAULT-STRING attribute	DEFAULT-VALUE attribute	EXTENT attribute
FORMAT attribute	HANDLE attribute	HELP attribute
INITIAL attribute	INSTANTIATING-PROCEDURE attribute	KEY attribute
LABEL attribute	LITERAL-QUESTION attribute	MANDATORY attribute
NAME attribute	POSITION attribute	PRIVATE-DATA attribute
READ-ONLY attribute	SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute	SERIALIZE-NAME attribute
STRING-VALUE( ) method	TABLE attribute	TYPE attribute
UNIQUE-ID attribute	VALIDATE-EXPRESSION attribute	VALIDATE-MESSAGE attribute
VIEW-AS attribute	WIDTH-CHARS attribute	XML-DATA-TYPE attribute
XML-NODE-NAME attribute	XML-NODE-TYPE attribute

See also 

Buffer object handle, Query object handle