7 Datatypes

7.1 Types in Oracle and Beta

The following table shows the possible types of data in Oracle, and the type to which they are mapped in Beta:

Oracle type
Beta type
VarcharText
NumberRealObject
IntegerIntegerObject
FloatRealObject
StringText
VarnumIntegerObject
LongIntegerObject
RowIDIntegerObject
DateTime
VarRawUnsupported type
RawUnsupported type
Long RawUnsupported type
Unsigned IntIntegerObject
Long VarcharText
Long VarRawUnsupported type
CharText
CharZText
RowIDUnsupported type
Named DatatypeUnsupported type
RefUnsupported type
CLOBUnsupported type
BLOBUnsupported type
Binary FileUnsupported type
OCI StringUnsupported type
OCI DateUnsupported type

7.2 Types in FrontBase and Beta

The following table shows the possible types of data in FrontBase, and the type to which they are mapped in Beta:

FrontBase type
Beta type
BooleanbooleanObject
IntegerintegerObject
SmallIntintegerObject
FloatrealObject
RealrealObject
Double precisionrealObject
NumericrealObject
DecimalrealObject
Chartext
VarChartext
BitUnsupported type
VarBitUnsupported type
Datetime (with hh:mm:ss = 00:00:00)
Timetime (with yy-mm-dd = 00-01-01)
TimeTZUnsupported type
Timestamptime (with both date and time set)
TimestampTZUnsupported type
YearMonthUnsupported type
DayTimeUnsupported type
CLOBUnsupported type
BLOBUnsupported type

7.3 Types in MySQL and Beta

The following table shows the possible types of data in MySQL, and the type to which they are mapped in Beta:

MySQL type
Beta type
DecimalintegerObject
TinycharObject
ShortintegerObject
LongintegerObject
FloatrealObject
DoublerealObject
VarStringtext
Stringtext
NullUnsupported type
TimestampUnsupported type
Longlongtext
Int24Unsupported type
Datetime
DateTimeUnsupported type
YearUnsupported type
NewDateUnsupported type
EnumUnsupported type
SetUnsupported type
TinyBLOBUnsupported type
MediumBLOBUnsupported type
LongBLOBUnsupported type
BLOBUnsupported type


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