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Part 4: The Connect XE Drivers : The Impala Wire Protocol Driver : Connection Option Descriptions : String Describe Type
  
String Describe Type
Attribute
StringDescribeType (SDT)
Purpose
Specifies whether all string columns are described as SQL_VARCHAR. This connection option affects SQL_Columns, SQLDescribeCol, SQLColAttributes, etc.  It does not affect SQLGetTypeInfo.
Valid Values
-10 | -9
Behavior
If set to -10 (SQL_WLONGVARCHAR), all string columns are described as SQL_WLONGVARCHAR.
If set to -9 - (SQL_WVARCHAR), all string columns are described as SQL_WVARCHAR.
Default
-9 - SQL_WVARCHAR
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