Convertible datatypes

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Convertible data types are native to the RDBMS that you develop your application in. These data types are automatically mapped to the equivalent type used by USoft, and vice versa.

The table below lists the USoft data types, with equivalent data types for supported RDBMSs.

USoft

Oracle

SQL Server/

Oledb

Odbc

Derby

BINARY

RAW

BINARY

BINARY

BINARY

BIT

RAW

BIT

BIT

VARCHAR

BLOB

BLOB

VARBINARY( max )

LONG VARBINARY

BLOB

BYTE

LONG RAW

IMAGE

LONG VARBINARY

VARCHAR

CHAR

CHAR

CHAR

CHAR

CHAR

CLOB

CLOB

VARCHAR( max )

LONG VARCHAR

CLOB

DATE

DATE

DATETIME

DATE

TIMESTAMP

DATETIME

DATE

DATETIME

DATE

VARCHAR

DECIMAL

DECIMAL

DECIMAL

DECIMAL

DECIMAL

DOUBLE PRECISION

FLOAT

FLOAT

FLOAT

VARCHAR

FLOAT

FLOAT

FLOAT

FLOAT

NUMERIC

FLOAT4

FLOAT4

REAL

REAL

VARCHAR

IMAGE

LONG RAW

IMAGE

LONG VARBINARY

VARCHAR

INT

INTEGER

INTEGER

INTEGER

VARCHAR

INTEGER

INTEGER

INTEGER

INTEGER

INTEGER

LONG

LONG

TEXT

LONG VARCHAR

VARCHAR

LONG VARBINARY

LONG RAW

IMAGE

LONG VARBINARY

VARCHAR

LONG VARCHAR

LONG

TEXT

LONG VARCHAR

VARCHAR

LONGRAW

LONG RAW

IMAGE

LONG VARBINARY

VARCHAR

MONEY

NUMBER

MONEY

FLOAT

NUMERIC

NCHAR

NCHAR

NCHAR

WCHAR

VARCHAR

NCLOB

NCLOB

NVARCHAR( max )

LONG WVARCHAR

VARCHAR

NTEXT

NCLOB

NTEXT

LONG WVARCHAR

VARCHAR

NUMBER

NUMBER

NUMERIC

NUMERIC

NUMERIC

NUMERIC

NUMERIC

NUMERIC

NUMERIC

NUMERIC

NVARCHAR

NVARCHAR2

NVARCHAR

WVARCHAR

VARCHAR

NVARCHAR2

NVARCHAR2

NVARCHAR

WVARCHAR

VARCHAR

RAW

RAW

BINARY

BINARY

VARCHAR

REAL

FLOAT

REAL

REAL

VARCHAR

SMALLDATETIME

DATE

SMALLDATE

TIME

DATE

VARCHAR

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SMALLMONEY

NUMBER

SMALLMONEY

REAL

NUMERIC

TEXT

LONG

TEXT

LONG VARCHAR

CLOB

TIME

DATE

DATETIME

DATE

VARCHAR

TIMESTAMP

DATE

DATETIME

DATE

VARCHAR

TINYINT

SMALLINT

TINYINT

TINYINT

VARCHAR

UNICHAR

NCHAR

NCHAR

WCHAR

VARCHAR

UNITEXT

NCLOB

NTEXT

LONG WVARCHAR

VARCHAR

UNIVARCHAR

NVARCHAR2

NVARCHAR

WVARCHAR

VARCHAR

VARBINARY

RAW

VARBINARY

VARBINARY

VARBINARY

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

VARCHAR2

VARCHAR2

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

VARCHAR

WCHAR

NCHAR

NCHAR

WCHAR

VARCHAR

WLONGVARCHAR

NCLOB

NTEXT

LONG WVARCHAR

VARCHAR

WVARCHAR

NVARCHAR2

NVARCHAR

WVARCHAR

VARCHAR