Data Types Table 16-2 shows how the Teradata data types map to the standard ODBC data types. Table 16-2. Teradata Data Types Teradata ODBC Blob1 SQL_LONGVARBINARY Bigint SQL_BIGINT Byte SQL_BIT Byteint SQL_TINYINT Char SQL_CHAR Clob2 SQL_LONGVARCHAR Date SQL_TYPE_DATE Decimal3 SQL_DECIMAL Double SQL_DOUBLE Float SQL_FLOAT Integer SQL_INTEGER Interval day SQL_INTERVAL_DAY Interval day to hour SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_HOUR Interval day to minute SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_MINUTE Interval day to second SQL_INTERVAL_DAY_TO_SECOND Interval hour SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR Interval hour to minute SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR_TO_MINUTE Interval hour to second SQL_INTERVAL_HOUR_TO_SECOND Interval minute4 SQL_INTERVAL_MINUTE Interval minute to second SQL_INTERVAL_MINUTE_TO_SECOND Interval month4 SQL_INTERVAL_MONTH Interval second SQL_INTERVAL_SECOND Interval year SQL_INTERVAL_YEAR Interval year to month SQL_INTERVAL_YEAR_TO_MONTH Numeric SQL_NUMERIC Real SQL_REAL Smallint SQL_SMALLINT Time SQL_TYPE_TIME Timestamp SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP Varchar SQL_VARCHAR 1If no LOB support, VARBYTE(32000). 2If no LOB support, LONGVARCHAR. 3Maximum precision of 38. 4Supported only on Teradata 6.2 and higher when EnableExtendedStmtInfo is enabled. See "Retrieving Data Type Information" for information about retrieving data types.
Table 16-2 shows how the Teradata data types map to the standard ODBC data types.
See "Retrieving Data Type Information" for information about retrieving data types.