describe_column

Description:

public unowned Column? describe_column (int col)

Queries the underlying data model implementation for a description of a given column.

That description is returned in the form of a Column structure, which contains all the information about the given column in the data model.

WARNING: the returned Column object belongs to the this model and and should not be destroyed; any modification will affect the whole data model.

Parameters:

this

a DataModel object.
col

column number.

Returns:

the description of the column.