Basic type specification
Basic types are types, which are predefined in the database. In contrast to the ODMG standard, ODABA supports some additional basic types as described below. Some extensions have been made also to specific type specifications.
Definition:
base_type_spec := floating_pt_type | integer_type | char_len_types | boolean_type | octet_type | date_type | time_type | timestamp_type | bit_type