tagBUFFERCOL.lMaxLength Field
Definition
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Indicates the maximum length of the data stored in a buffer column.
public: int lMaxLength;public int lMaxLength;val mutable lMaxLength : intPublic lMaxLength As Integer Field Value
Remarks
The value is important for variable length types, such as DT_BYTES and DT_STR, because it determines the amount of storage available in the buffer for the column. The value does not include space for a trailing null terminator, though one is allocated and supplied by the buffer for DT_STR, DT_WSTR, and DT_TEXT types. For string types, the value is the number of characters. For fixed length and binary large object (BLOB) types, the lMaxLength value is ignored and contains a zero.