ATTRIBUTE-TYPE —
Function
(ATTRIBUTE-TYPE ATTRIBUTE TABLE &KEY (OWNER NIL) (DATABASE *DEFAULT-DATABASE*)) [function] =>
Returns a string representing the field type of the supplied attribute ATTRIBUTE in the table specified by TABLE in DATABASE which defaults to *DEFAULT-DATABASE*. OWNER is nil by default which means that the attribute specified by ATTRIBUTE, if it exists, must be user owned else nil is returned. If OWNER is a string denoting a user name, the attribute, if it exists, must be owned by OWNER else nil is returned, whereas if OWNER is :all then the attribute, if it exists, will be returned regardless of its owner.