[DB-SIG] DCOracle 2 question - Ints vs. Floats

[jno]

how about the common trick

select * from The_Table where 1=0

??

Paul D. Lusk wrote:
> 'select 1.1 as thing from dual'
> 
> gives me a description of
> ('THING','NUMBER',3,3,0,0,1)
> 
> while 
> 
> 'select 11 as thing from dual'
> 
> gives me a description of 
> ('THING','NUMBER',2,2,0,0,1)
> 
> Is there any way of telling one is a float and the other is an int
> without retrieving a row?
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
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