# ResultSetColumn

Describes a column within a result set.

### Description

The column definition element describes a column within a result set.

### See Also

## name

The name of the column.

### Description

The name of a result set column. Required. This is the column name referenced by report elements.

### See Also

The Result Set Columns’ Column Names section above for the naming rules.

## position

The 1-based position of the column, as defined by the driver of underlying data provider.

### Description

The optional 1-based position of the column, as defined by the driver of underlying data provider. Required for data sets that identify columns by position instead of name; ignored otherwise.

### See Also

## dataType

The optional data type of the column.

### Choices

- string: Arbitrary Unicode text.
- decimal: Any type of number including currency. Fixed decimal, arbitrary precision.
- float: A scientific amount using the usual floating point notation.
- date-time: A date, time or combination of date and time.
- integer: A whole number.

### Description

The optional data type. Required only for data sets that require this information.

### See Also