Supported Data Types

ODBC Extension

The ODBC extension works with the following data types:

  • SQL_SS_XML
  • SQL_GUID
  • SQL_BIT
  • SQL_TINYINT
  • SQL_BIGINT
  • SQL_LONGVARBINARY
  • SQL_VARBINARY
  • SQL_BINARY
  • SQL_LONGVARCHAR
  • SQL_CHAR
  • SQL_NUMERIC
  • SQL_DECIMAL
  • SQL_INTEGER
  • SQL_SMALLINT
  • SQL_FLOAT
  • SQL_REAL
  • SQL_DOUBLE
  • SQL_DATE
  • SQL_TIME
  • SQL_TIMESTAMP
  • SQL_VARCHAR
  • SQL_TYPE_DATE
  • SQL_TYPE_TIME
  • SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP

Oracle Extension

The Oracle Extension works with the following Oracle Built-in data types:

  • VARCHAR2
  • NUMBER
  • FLOAT
  • LONG
  • DATE
  • TIMESTAMP
  • INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH
  • INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND
  • RAW
  • LONG RAW
  • CHAR
  • CLOB
  • BLOB
  • BFILE

The Oracle Extension also works with the following Oracle-supplied type: XMLType.

DB2 for z/OS Environment Data Type

Data Express for z/OS works with the following DB2 data types:

  • CHAR
  • VARCHAR
  • GRAPHIC (Processed as char)
  • VARGRAPHIC (Processed as Varchar)
  • TIME
  • TIMESTAMP
  • DATE
  • SMALL INTEGER
  • INTEGER
  • BIGINT
  • DECIMAL
  • NUMERIC
  • REAL FLOAT (Supported only for Loading process)
  • DOUBLE FLOAT (Supported only for Loading process)
  • DOUBLE PRECISION FLOAT (Supported only for Loading process)
  • DECFLOAT (Supported only for Loading process)
  • ROWID
  • LONGVARCHAR
  • LONGVARGRAPHIC
  • BINARY
  • VARBINARY

z/OS also works with the following Large Object data type:

  • CLOB
  • DBCLOB
  • BLOB
  • XML

COBOL & PL/I for z/OS Environment Data Type

Data Express for z/OS works with the following Cobol & PL/I data types:

  • CHAR PIC X(n)
  • BINARY PIC 9(n) COMP-4
  • PACKED PIC S9(p-s)V9(s) COMP-3
  • ZONED PIC S9(p-s)V9(s)
  • EDITED Use of edit char, e.g. PIC ZZ99

ADABAS for z/OS Environment Data Type

Data Express for z/OS works with the following ADABAS data types:

  • ALPHANUMERIC
  • BINARY
  • F LOATING POINT
  • PACKED DECIMAL
  • UNPACKED DECIMAL(ZONED)