Data Type Mappings

SQL data types have been mapped to IDL DataMiner data types so that you can access and manipulate the data without having to fully understand SQL. Table 2-2 details these mappings.

Table 2-2: IDL - SQL Type Code Mapping
IDL Type	SQL Type
STRING	DECIMAL
	NUMERIC
	CHAR
	LONG VARCHAR
BYTE	BIT
	TINYINT
	BIGINT
INT	SMALLINT
LONG	INTEGER
LONG64	BIGINT
FLOAT	REAL
DOUBLE	FLOAT
DOUBLE	DOUBLE PRECISION
BYTE ARRAY	BINARY
	VARBINARY
	VARCHAR
	LONG VARBINARY
ODBC_SQL_DATE Struct	DATE
ODBC_SQL_TIME Struct	TIME
ODBC_SQL_TIMESTAMP Struct	TIMESTAMP