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ODBC to CA IDMS Data Type Mapping

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

ODBC Data Type

CA IDMS Data Type

CAID_GRAPHIC - DBCS Enabled

GRAPHIC

CAID_VARGRAPHIC - DBCS Enabled

VARGRAPHIC

SQL_BINARY

BINARY

SQL_LONGVARBINARY

BINARY

SQL_CHAR

CHAR

SQL_TYPE_DATE

DATE

SQL_DECIMAL

DECIMAL

SQL_DOUBLE

DOUBLE PRECISION

SQL_FLOAT*

DOUBLE PRECISION

SQL_GUID

CHAR

SQL_REAL*

REAL

SQL_INTEGER

INTEGER

SQL_BIGINT

LONGINT

SQL_NUMERIC

NUMERIC

SQL_BIT

SMALLINT

SQL_SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SQL_TINYINT

SMALLINT

SQL_TYPE_TIME

TIME

SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

SQL_LONGVARCHAR

VARCHAR

SQL_VARCHAR

VARCHAR

All Interval Types

CHAR

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