Value (OraAttribute) Property

Applies To

OraAttribute Object

Description

Gets or sets the value of the attribute. This value could be an instance of an OraObject, OraRef, OraCollection, or any of the supported scalar types, such as integer or float.

Usage

attr_value = OraAttribute.Value

OraAttribute.Value = attr_value

Remarks

This is the default property for this object.

The Value property of the OraAttribute object returns the value of the attribute as a Variant. The Variant type of the attribute depends on the attribute type of the attribute. Attribute values can be Null and can be set to Null. For attribute of type objects, REF, LOB and Collection, attribute values are returned as corresponding OO4O objects for that type.

The following table identifies the attribute type and the return value of the Value property of the OraAttribute object:

OraAttribute Values

Element Type	Element Value
Object	OraObject
REF	OraRef
VARRAY, Nested Table	OraCollection
BLOB	OraBLOB
CLOB	OraCLOB
BFILE	OraBFILE
Date	String
Number	String
CHAR,VARCHAR2	String
Real	Real
Integer	Integer

Data Type

Variant