must the vt data type of a _variant_t be set before any database value is to it?

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must the vt datatype of a _variant_t be set before any database value is to it? I noticd in the msdn examples that I saw that the vt data type was set before use e.g. to VT_INTEGER.Is that the rule.I really don't need that.I hope that is not the rule.Thanks for your response.

Posted 10-Feb-14 12:20pm

Gbenbam

Updated 20-Feb-14 1:34am

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Gbenbam 20-Feb-14 7:40am

The sulution below may no longer be valid in the light of recent changes I made to this question.I hope to contact the provider of the solution to find oug it is still valid.If you have other solutions please proffer them.Thanks.

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«_Superman_» · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-10T19:52:00

Solution 1

_variant_t has overloaded constructors and overloaded = operators that will automatically set the vt member to the correct value.
So you never need to set it explicitly unless you want to override the default behavior.

Posted 10-Feb-14 19:52pm

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Gbenbam 11-Feb-14 2:23am

Thanks so much.You have more than made my day.

Gbenbam 20-Feb-14 7:48am

Good day.I visited this page in order to put this solution to use and I suddenly realised that the question was not well framed enough to reflect mg quest.Kindly revisit the updated question and let me know if your solution is still valid or not?

Gbenbam 20-Feb-14 12:11pm

I have personally and physically confirmed the validity of this solution to the updated version of the question.This solution remain very much still valid.