Microsoft XML SDK 2.6 - XML Reference

Supported Data Type Conversions

The following table lists the data type conversions supported by the Microsoft XML Parser in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5:

Data type Variant type
string VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_DATE, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL, VT_ARRAY
number VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
int VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
float VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
fixed.14.4 (currency) VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
boolean VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
dateTime VT_BSTR, VT_DATE, VT_VARIANT
i1 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
i2 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
i4 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
i8 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4
ui1 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UI1, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
ui2 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
ui4 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
ui8 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
r4 VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
r8 VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
uuid VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT
uri VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT
bin.hex VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT, VT_ARRAY
char VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

See Also

XML Data Types Reference | XML Data Types | Primitive XML Data Types | XML Schema Developer's Guide | XML Schema Reference