SAP HANA Data Types
In programming, is a classification that specifies which type of value a variable has and what type of mathematical, relational or logical operations can be applied to it without causing an error.
For example :- A string is a data type that is used to classify text and an integer is a data type used to classify whole numbers.
Classification of Data Types
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Classification |
Data Type |
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Datetime types |
DATE, TIME, SECONDDATE, TIMESTAMP |
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TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, SMALLDECIMAL, DECIMAL, REAL, DOUBLE |
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Boolean type |
BOOLEAN |
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Character string types |
VARCHAR, NVARCHAR, ALPHANUM, SHORTTEXT |
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Binary types |
VARBINARY |
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Large Object types |
BLOB, CLOB, NCLOB, TEXT |
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Multi-valued types |
ARRAY |
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Spatial types |
ST_GEOMETRY, ST_POINT |