CAT_PINQ - Inquire the values of all the attributes for a parameter

Description:

Inquire the values of all the attributes for a parameter. If the parameter is an array, the value of the first element is returned.

Invocation:

CALL CAT_PINQ (QI, SZDIM; CI, QNAME, DTYPE, CSIZE, DIMS, SIZEA, UNITS, EXTFMT, PRFDSP, COMM, VALUE, DATE; STATUS)

Arguments:

QI = INTEGER (Given)

Parameter identifier.

SZDIM = INTEGER (Given)

Maximum permitted dimensionality for a column (defines the size of array SIZEA).

CI = INTEGER (Returned)

Catalogue identifier.

QNAME = CHARACTER$*$($*$) (Returned)

Name of the parameter.

DTYPE = INTEGER (Returned)

Type of the parameter. The permitted types are identical to HDS types.

CSIZE = INTEGER (Given)

Size of a character parameter (set to zero if the column is note of data type character).

DIMS = INTEGER (Returned)

Dimensionality of the parameter. For a scalar DIMS = 0.

SIZEA(SZDIM) = INTEGER (Returned)

The size of the array in each of its dimensions. The exception is a scalar parameter, when SIZEA becomes a single-element, one-dimensional array, set to 0.

UNITS = CHARACTER$*$($*$) (Returned)

The units of the parameter.

EXTFMT = CHARACTER$*$($*$) (Returned)

The external format for the parameter.

PRFDSP = LOGICAL (Returned)

The preferential display flag for the parameter: .TRUE. - display the parameter by default, .FALSE. - do not display the parameter by default.

COMM = CHARACTER$*$($*$) (Returned)

Comments about the parameter.

VALUE = CHARACTER$*$($*$) (Returned)

The value of the parameter. If the parameter is an array the first element is returned.

DATE = DOUBLE PRECISION (Returned)

Modification date of the parameter.

STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)

The global status.

Copyright

Copyright (C) 1999 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils

Bugs:

None known