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Data types in OceanBase Connector/ODBC

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The following table describes how OceanBase Connector/ODBC maps OBServer data types to default SQL and C data types.

OBServer data type SQL data type C data type
bigint unsigned SQL_BIGINT SQL_C_UBIGINT
bigint SQL_BIGINT SQL_C_SBIGINT
bit SQL_BIT SQL_C_BIT
bit SQL_CHAR SQL_C_CHAR
blob SQL_LONGVARBINARY SQL_C_BINARY
bool SQL_CHAR SQL_C_CHAR
char SQL_CHAR SQL_C_CHAR
date SQL_DATE SQL_C_DATE
datetime SQL_TIMESTAMP SQL_C_TIMESTAMP
decimal SQL_DECIMAL SQL_C_CHAR
double precision SQL_DOUBLE SQL_C_DOUBLE
double SQL_FLOAT SQL_C_DOUBLE
enum SQL_VARCHAR SQL_C_CHAR
float SQL_REAL SQL_C_FLOAT
int unsigned SQL_INTEGER SQL_C_ULONG
int SQL_INTEGER SQL_C_SLONG
integer unsigned SQL_INTEGER SQL_C_ULONG
integer SQL_INTEGER SQL_C_SLONG
longblob SQL_LONGVARBINARY SQL_C_BINARY
longtext SQL_LONGVARCHAR SQL_C_CHAR
mediumblob SQL_LONGVARBINARY SQL_C_BINARY
mediumint unsigned SQL_INTEGER SQL_C_ULONG
mediumint SQL_INTEGER SQL_C_SLONG
mediumtext SQL_LONGVARCHAR SQL_C_CHAR
numeric SQL_NUMERIC SQL_C_CHAR
real SQL_FLOAT SQL_C_DOUBLE
set SQL_VARCHAR SQL_C_CHAR
smallint unsigned SQL_SMALLINT SQL_C_USHORT
smallint SQL_SMALLINT SQL_C_SSHORT
text SQL_LONGVARCHAR SQL_C_CHAR
time SQL_TIME SQL_C_TIME
timestamp SQL_TIMESTAMP SQL_C_TIMESTAMP
tinyblob SQL_LONGVARBINARY SQL_C_BINARY
tinyint unsigned SQL_TINYINT SQL_C_UTINYINT
tinyint SQL_TINYINT SQL_C_STINYINT
tinytext SQL_LONGVARCHAR SQL_C_CHAR
varchar SQL_VARCHAR SQL_C_CHAR
year SQL_SMALLINT SQL_C_SHORT

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