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Data type
Description
CHARACTER(n)
VARCHAR(n) or
CHARACTER VARYING(n)
BINARY(n)
BOOLEAN
VARBINARY(n) or
BINARY VARYING(n)
INTEGER(p)
SMALLINT
INTEGER
BIGINT
DECIMAL(p,s)
NUMERIC(p,s)
FLOAT(p)
REAL
FLOAT
DOUBLE PRECISION
DATE
TIME
TIMESTAMP
INTERVAL
ARRAY
MULTISET
XML
Data type
Access
SQLServer
Oracle
MySQL
boolean
Yes/No
Bit
Byte
N/A
integer
Number (integer)
Int
Number
Int
Integer
float
Number (single)
Float
Real
Number
Float
currency
Currency
Money
N/A
N/A
string (fixed)
N/A
Char
Char
Char
string (variable)
Text (<256)
Memo (65k+)
Varchar
Varchar
Varchar2
Varchar
binary object
Long
Raw
Blob
Text
Note: Data types might have different names in different database. And even if the na
same, the size and other details may be different! Always check the documentation