Macros for OLE DB Provider Templates

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The OLE DB Templates Provider macros offer functionality in the following categories:

BEGIN_PROPERTY_SET	Marks the beginning of a property set.
BEGIN_PROPERTY_SET_EX	Marks the beginning of a property set.
BEGIN_PROPSET_MAP	Marks the beginning of a property set that can be hidden or defined outside the scope of the provider.
CHAIN_PROPERTY_SET	Chains property groups together.
END_PROPERTY_SET	Marks the end of a property set.
END_PROPSET_MAP	Marks the end of a property set map.
PROPERTY_INFO_ENTRY	Sets a specific property in a property set to a default value.
PROPERTY_INFO_ENTRY_EX	Sets a specific property in a property set to a value supplied by you. Also enables you to set flags and options.
PROPERTY_INFO_ENTRY_VALUE	Sets a specific property in a property set to a value supplied by you.

BEGIN_PROVIDER_COLUMN_MAP	Marks the beginning of the provider column map entries.
END_PROVIDER_COLUMN_MAP	Marks the end of the provider column map entries.
PROVIDER_COLUMN_ENTRY	Represents a specific column supported by the provider.
PROVIDER_COLUMN_ENTRY_GN	Represents a specific column supported by the provider. You can specify the column's size, data type, precision, scale, and schema rowset GUID.
PROVIDER_COLUMN_ENTRY_FIXED	Represents a specific column supported by the provider. You can specify the column data type.
PROVIDER_COLUMN_ENTRY_LENGTH	Represents a specific column supported by the provider. You can specify the column size.
PROVIDER_COLUMN_ENTRY_STR	Represents a specific column supported by the provider. It assumes the column type is a string.
PROVIDER_COLUMN_ENTRY_TYPE_LENGTH	Represents a specific column supported by the provider. Like PROVIDER_COLUMN_ENTRY_LENGTH, but also allows you to specify the column's data type as well as size.
PROVIDER_COLUMN_ENTRY_WSTR	Represents a specific column supported by the provider. It assumes the column type is a Unicode character string.

BEGIN_SCHEMA_MAP	Marks the beginning of a schema map.
SCHEMA_ENTRY	Associates a GUID with a class.
END_SCHEMA_MAP	Marks the end of a schema map.

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