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CA IDMS to ODBC Data Type Mapping

The following chart shows how CA IDMS data types map to ODBC data types:

CA IDMS Data Type

ODBC Data Type

BINARY

SQL_BINARY

CHAR

SQL_CHAR

CHARACTER VARYING (VARCHAR synonym)

SQL_VARCHAR

DATE

SQL_TYPE_DATE

DECIMAL

SQL_DECIMAL

DOUBLE PRECISION*

SQL_DOUBLE

FLOAT*

SQL_FLOAT

GRAPHIC (DBCS Disabled)

SQL_BINARY

GRAPHIC (DBCS Enabled)

CAID_GRAPHIC

INTEGER

SQL_INTEGER

LONGINT

SQL_BIGINT

NUMERIC

SQL_NUMERIC

REAL*

SQL_REAL

SMALLINT

SQL_SMALLINT

TIME

SQL_TYPE_TIME

TIMESTAMP

SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP

UNSIGNED DECIMAL

SQL_DECIMAL

UNSIGNED NUMERIC

SQL_NUMERIC

VARCHAR

SQL_VARCHAR

VARGRAPHIC (DBCS Enabled)

CAID_VARGRAPHIC

VARGRAPHIC (DBCS Disabled)

SQL_BINARY

Note: * Floating point conversion subject to rounding errors due to format differences.