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 <title>Supported Datatypes</title>
 <table>
  <title>The driver supports the following types when binding parameters using the
   <function>oci_bind_by_name</function> function:</title>
  <tgroup cols="2">
   <thead>
    <row>
     <entry>Type</entry>
     <entry>Mapping</entry>
    </row>
   </thead>
   <tbody>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_NTY</constant></entry>
     <entry>Maps a native collection type from a PHP collection object,
      such as those created by <function>oci_new_collection</function>.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_BFILEE</constant></entry>
     <entry>Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by
      <function>oci_new_descriptor</function>.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_CFILEE</constant></entry>
     <entry>Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by
      <function>oci_new_descriptor</function>.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_CLOB</constant></entry>
     <entry>Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by
      <function>oci_new_descriptor</function>.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_BLOB</constant></entry>
     <entry>Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by
      <function>oci_new_descriptor</function>.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_RDD</constant></entry>
     <entry>Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by
      <function>oci_new_descriptor</function>.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_NUM</constant></entry>
     <entry>Converts the PHP parameter to a 'C' long type, and binds to
      that value.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_RSET</constant></entry>
     <entry>Maps a native statement handle, such as those created by
      <function>oci_parse</function> or those retrieved from other OCI queries.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_BOL</constant></entry>
     <entry>Bind the PHP parameter to a PL/SQL BOOLEAN</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_CHR</constant> and any other type</entry>
     <entry>Converts the PHP parameter to a string type and binds as a
      string.</entry>
    </row>
   </tbody>
  </tgroup>
 </table>

 <table>
  <title>The following types are supported when retrieving columns from a result set:</title>
  <tgroup cols="2">
   <thead>
    <row>
     <entry>Type</entry>
     <entry>Mapping</entry>
    </row>
   </thead>
   <tbody>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_RSET</constant></entry>
     <entry>Creates an oci statement resource to represent the cursor.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_RDD</constant></entry>
     <entry>Creates a ROWID object.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_BLOB</constant></entry>
     <entry>Creates a LOB object.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_CLOB</constant></entry>
     <entry>Creates a LOB object.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_BFILE</constant></entry>
     <entry>Creates a LOB object.</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_LNG</constant></entry>
     <entry>Bound as SQLT_CHR, returned as a string</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry><constant>SQLT_LBI</constant></entry>
     <entry>Bound as <constant>SQLT_BIN</constant>, returned as a string</entry>
    </row>
    <row>
     <entry>Any other type</entry>
     <entry>Bound as <constant>SQLT_CHR</constant>, returned as a string</entry>
    </row>
   </tbody>
  </tgroup>
 </table>
</chapter>

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