# ColumnInfo element

Contains information about a column.

## Usage

    <ColumnInfo
    	Href="xsd:string"
    />

## Element Information

Element type | ColumnInfoType
Namespace | urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel
Schema name | XML Spreadsheet 2000

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
RefreshInfo | Contains refresh information for the query.
RefreshInfo | Contains information to be used when data is refreshed.

### Child Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
Id | Contains a unique identifier assigned to a column or, when the page is saved as a Web page, to a cell range.
Clipped | Specifies whether there are enough columns to import all fields and columns returned by a query.
Descending | Specifies the direction of the sort.
FillDown | Specifies whether formulas to the right of a query table that use values in this column are copied when the data is refreshed and new rows of data are added to a query table.
Name | Contains the user-defined name of an object, range, or reference to another workbook, the location and name of a text file, or the built-in name of a range.
RowNumbers | Specifies whether row numbers are included in a database query.
SortKey | Specifies the sort order of a column.
User | Specifies whether the column was inserted by the user.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Href | xsd:string | optional | Specifies the location and name of a text file. | See external namespace.

## Definition

    <xsd:element name="ColumnInfo" type="ColumnInfoType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" >
    </xsd:element>

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