Data Types

Table 3-1 shows how the DB2 V9.1 for z/OS data types map to the standard ODBC data types.

Table 3-1. DB2 V9.1 for z/OS Data Types 
DB2
ODBC
Bigint
SQL_BIGINT
Binary
SQL_BINARY
Blob
SQL_LONGVARBINARY
Char
SQL_CHAR
Char() for Bit Data
SQL_BINARY
Clob
SQL_LONGVARCHAR
Date
SQL_TYPE_DATE
Decfloat
SQL_DOUBLE
Decimal
SQL_DECIMAL
Double
SQL_DOUBLE
Float
SQL_DOUBLE
Integer
SQL_INTEGER
Long Varchar
SQL_LONGVARCHAR
Long Varchar for Bit Data
SQL_LONGVARBINARY
Numeric
SQL_NUMERIC
Real
SQL_REAL
Smallint
SQL_SMALLINT
Time
SQL_TYPE_TIME
Timestamp
SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP
Varbinary
SQL_VARBINARY
Varchar
SQL_VARCHAR
Varchar() for Bit Data
SQL_VARBINARY
XML
SQL_LONGVARCHAR