define external counter function sqlbindcol
     (  read-only SQL_handle_type StatementHandle,
        value counter ColumnNumber,
        value counter TargetType,
        read-only SQL_array_type TargetValue,
        value counter BufferLength,
        read-only SQL_array_type StrLen_or_Ind )

Binds application data buffers to columns in the result set.

Input arguments:

1. StatementHandle.
2. ColumnNumber. The number of the result set column. Columns are numbered in increasing column order, starting at 0 if bookmarks are available. (Column 0 is the bookmark column.) Otherwise, column numbers start at 1.
3. TargetType. The C data type of the result data. The following values are allowed:
   • SQL_C_DEFAULT
   • SQL_C_NUMERIC
   • SQL_C_CHAR
   • SQL_C_LONG
   • SQL_C_SHORT
   • SQL_C_FLOAT
   • SQL_C_DOUBLE
   • SQL_C_DATE
   • SQL_C_TIME
   • SQL_C_TIMESTAMP
   • SQL_C_TYPE_DATE
   • SQL_C_TYPE_TIME
   • SQL_C_TYPE_TIMESTAMP
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_YEAR
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_MONTH
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_DAY
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_HOUR
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_MINUTE
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_SECOND
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_YEAR_TO_MONTH
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_HOUR
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_MINUTE
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_SECOND
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_HOUR_TO_MINUTE
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_HOUR_TO_SECOND
   • SQL_C_INTERVAL_MINUTE_TO_SECOND
   • SQL_C_BINARY
   • SQL_C_BIT
   • SQL_C_SBIGINT
   • SQL_C_UBIGINT
   • SQL_C_TINYINT
   • SQL_C_SLONG
   • SQL_C_SSHORT
   • SQL_C_STINYINT
   • SQL_C_ULONG
   • SQL_C_USHORT
   • SQL_C_UTINYINT
   • SQL_C_BOOKMARK
   • SQL_C_VARBOOKMARK
4. TargetValue. The variable that will receive the fetched data.
5. BufferLength. The length of the data buffer, in bytes.
6. StrLen_or_Ind. The variable that will receive the length/indicator of the column data.