Sets or returns a value that indicates the operational type or data type of an object.

Settings and Return Values

The setting or return value is a constant that indicates an operational or data type. For a Field or Property object, this property is read/write until the object is appended to a collection or to another object, after which it's read-only. For a QueryDef, Recordset, or Workspace object, the property setting is read-only. For a Parameter object in a Microsoft Jet workspace the property is read-only, while in an ODBCDirect workspace the property is always read-write.

For a Field, Parameter, or Property object, the possible settings and return values are described in the following table.

 

For a QueryDef object, the possible settings and return values are shown in the following table.

 

Note To create an SQL pass-through query in a Microsoft Jet workspace, you don't need to explicitly set the Type property to dbQSQLPassThrough. The Microsoft Jet database engine automatically sets this when you create a QueryDef object and set the Connect property.

For a Recordset object, the possible settings and return values are as follows.

 

For a Workspace object, the possible settings and return values are as follows.

 

Remarks

When you append a new Field, Parameter, or Property object to the collection of an Index, QueryDef, Recordset, or TableDef object, an error occurs if the underlying database doesn't support the data type specified for the new object.