The type codes listed above are the types that describe Ingres result fields or columns. For example, the SQL types date, decimal, and money do not describe a program variable, but rather result data types that are compatible with BASIC character string and numeric types. IISQ_LVCH_TYPE is SQL only character compatible too. When these types are returned by the describe statement, the type code must be a change to a compatible BASIC or ESQL/BASIC type.