DISCOVER_LITERALS Rowset
Returns information about literals, including data types and values, supported by the Microsoft XML for Analysis (XMLA) provider.
If you call the Discover method with the DISCOVER_LITERALS enumeration value in the RequestType element, the Discover method returns the DISCOVER_LITERALS rowset.
Rowset Columns
The DISCOVER_LITERALS rowset contains the following columns.
Column name |
Type indicator |
Length |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
LiteralName |
DBTYPE_WSTR |
The name of the literal described in the row. For example: DBLITERAL_LIKE_PERCENT |
|
LiteralValue |
DBTYPE_WSTR |
An actual literal value. For example, if LiteralName is DBLITERAL_LIKE_PERCENT and the percent character (%) matches zero or more characters in a LIKE clause, the value of the LiteralValue column is "%". |
|
LiteralInvalidChars |
DBTYPE_WSTR |
The characters that are not valid in the literal. For example, if table names can contain anything other than a numeric character, this string is "0123456789". |
|
LiteralInvalidStartingChars |
DBTYPE_WSTR |
The characters that are not valid as the first character of the literal. If the literal can start with any valid character, this is null. |
|
LiteralMaxLength |
DBTYPE_I4 |
The maximum number of characters in the literal. If there is no maximum or the maximum is unknown, the value is –1. |
|
LiteralNameEnumValue |
DBTYPE_I4 |
This schema rowset is not sorted.
Restriction Columns
The DISCOVER_LITERALS rowset can be restricted on the columns in the following table.
Column name |
Type indicator |
Restriction State |
|---|---|---|
LiteralName |
DBTYPE_WSTR |
Optional. |