</para>
<para>
A value of <symbol>:auto</symbol> causes &clsql;
- to automatically convert the SQL field into a
+ to automatically convert SQL fields into a
numeric format where applicable. The default value of
&nil; causes all fields to be returned as strings
regardless of the SQL type. Otherwise a list is expected
ignored.
<simplelist type="vert">
<member><symbol>:int</symbol> Field is imported as a
- 32-bit signed integer.
+ signed integer, from 8-bits to 64-bits depending
+ upon the field type.
</member>
<member><symbol>:double</symbol> Field is imported as a
double-float number.