getDescription Method (SapDB_ResultSet Class) 
getDescription is a method of the SapDB_ResultSet class (sdb.sql module). You can use this method to display information about the columns in the result set.
Features
Syntax
getDescription ()
Result
The following properties of the columns are returned:
Name
Type (as a string)
Type (as an integer according to the ODBC specification)
Logical size (maximum number of characters in string columns, maximum number of numbers in numerical columns)
Number of decimal places
Indicator that specifies whether the column can be NULL
The value in the in/out column is always OUT for this method (result set).
Example
With the sql method, you execute an SQL statement that returns a result set. With the getDescription method, you display information about the columns of this result set.
Syntax
cursor = session.sql ("SELECT * FROM hotel.customer") print "colname type code length frac null? in/out" print "============================================================" for columnDescription in cursor.getDescription (): print "%-10s %-10s %4d %6d %2d %5s %s" % columnDescription
Result
colname type code length frac null? in/out
============================================================
CNO Fixed 3 4 0 None OUT
TITLE Char 1 7 0 1 OUT
FIRSTNAME Char 1 20 0 1 OUT
NAME Char 1 20 0 None OUT
ZIP Char 1 5 0 1 OUT
ADDRESS Char 1 40 0 None OUT