built-in types

Built-in data types are data types, which are predefined in ODABA. ODABA provides built-in data types for different basic data types:

text types (for character data)

• CHAR - character buffer (local 8 bit encoding)

• STRING - 0-terminated string (local 8 bit encoding)

• ASCII - 0-terminates ASCII character string
• LATIN1 - 0-terminated string (latin1 8 bit encoding)

• UTF8 - 0-terminated unicode string (UTF8 encoding)

• UTF16 - 0-terminated unicode string (UTF16 encoding)

• UTF32 - 0-terminated unicode string (UTF32 encoding)

• CCHAR - coded character value

Numeric types:

• REAL ( double , float )- float point number

• INT ( long , short , long long )- integer or decimal number

• UINT - unsigned integer or decimal number

• BIT - bit string (for transient data, only)

Other types

• LOGICAL - Boolean value

• DATE - date value

• TIME - time value

• DATETIME - timestamp

• BLOB - binary large value