A column
can be bound with both a format and an informat simultaneously. To
perform this task, set the ulExtension member of the DBBINDEXT to
2, and set the pExtension to the address of an array of two SASFORMAT
structures. One of the structures in this array should define the
format to apply and the other structure should define the informat.
CAUTION:
The SAS providers do not validate that formats and
informats are paired logically on the same column binding.
The providers also
do not prevent you from binding the same column more than once per
accessor, nor do they prevent you from using that accessor on output
operations. If you use an accessor in this way and if the accessor
you use is not consistent with the operation being performed, you
might receive data integrity errors.