The CDC_REC_TABSCHEMA record

Describes the table from which data is being captured.

The value in the payload size field in the common header represents the number of bytes occupied by the column name and data type list.

The header specific to the CDC_REC_TABSCHEMA record follows the common header.

Table 1. Format of the CDC_REC_TABSCHEMA record
Section	Size	Description
User data	4 bytes	The table identifier that was specified in the cdc_startcapture() function for the table being captured.
Flags	4 bytes	Must be `0`.
Fixed-length size	4 bytes	The number of bytes of data in fixed-length columns in the table.
Fixed-length columns	4 bytes	The number of fixed-length columns in the table being captured. A `0` indicates that there are no fixed-length columns.
Variable-length columns	4 bytes	The number of variable-length columns in the table being captured. A `0` indicates that there are no variable-length columns.
Column names and data types	variable byte length	A comma-separated list of column names and data types in UTF-8 format. The column list conforms to the syntax of the column list in a CREATE TABLE statement. Names of any fixed-length columns appear before names of any variable-length columns. The number of columns equals the number of fixed-length columns plus the number of variable-length columns.