code: def makescacoldesc(columnname, value,
                     datamanagertype='',
                     datamanagergroup='',
                     options=0, maxlen=0, comment='',
                     valuetype='', keywords={}):
      vtype = valuetype
      if vtype == '':
          vtype = _value_type_name(value)
      rec2 = {'valueType': vtype,
              'dataManagerType': datamanagertype,
              'dataManagerGroup': datamanagergroup,
              'option': options,
              'maxlen': maxlen,
              'comment': comment,
              'keywords': keywords}
      return {'name': columnname,
              'desc': rec2}