Schema Collections

The Schema collections return metadata for the Teradata Database objects. The notable metadata columns for the Xml data type are:

Column Name	Description
COLUMN_TYPE or DATA_TYPE	Set to XML.
FORMAT	Teradata Database Format assigned to the Teradata Database object.
PROVIDERDBTYPE	It is set to TdType.Xml.

Schema Table

The TdDataReader.GetSchemaTable returns result set metadata. The notable metadata columns for the Xml data type are:

Column Name	Description
DataType	System.Type object for the System.String type.
ProviderType	Set to TdType.Xml.
Format	Teradata Database Format assigned to the Teradata Database object.
ProviderSpecificDataType	System.Type object for the TdXml structure.