From 0f88c67473d246be4f721f6f058289eaffcd75b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hir12111 <hir12111@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 15:24:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a getter function for field_type

---
 modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c | 8 ++++++++
 modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
index 1664542d0..539ea3aa4 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
@@ -1381,6 +1381,14 @@ char * dbGetFieldName(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
     return(pflddes->name);
 }
 
+int dbGetFieldDbfType(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
+{
+    dbFldDes  	*pflddes = pdbentry->pflddes;
+
+    if(!pflddes) return(-1);
+    return(pflddes->field_type);
+}
+
 char * dbGetDefault(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
 {
     dbFldDes    *pflddes = pdbentry->pflddes;
diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h
index ffa5fa25d..edef8404b 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ epicsShareFunc long dbFirstField(DBENTRY *pdbentry, int dctonly);
 epicsShareFunc long dbNextField(DBENTRY *pdbentry, int dctonly);
 epicsShareFunc int  dbGetNFields(DBENTRY *pdbentry, int dctonly);
 epicsShareFunc char * dbGetFieldName(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
+epicsShareFunc int dbGetFieldDbfType(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
 epicsShareFunc char * dbGetDefault(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
 epicsShareFunc char * dbGetPrompt(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
 epicsShareFunc int dbGetPromptGroup(DBENTRY *pdbentry);