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title: "Getting and Setting Descriptor Fields | Microsoft Docs"
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ms.date: "01/19/2017"
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# Getting and Setting Descriptor Fields
This section describes the methods an application can use to retrieve or set the values in descriptor fields.  
  
 This section contains the following topics.  
  
-   [Obtaining Descriptor Handles](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/obtaining-descriptor-handles.md)  
  
-   [Retrieving the Values in Descriptor Fields](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/retrieving-the-values-in-descriptor-fields.md)  
  
-   [Setting Descriptor Fields](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/setting-descriptor-fields.md)  
  
-   [Copying Descriptors](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/copying-descriptors.md)  
  
-   [Using Concise Functions](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/using-concise-functions.md)