Datatype conversion

The following table illustrates datatype conversion that is performed when a create table or alter table statement is processed using DirectConnect for Oracle with Adaptive Server Enterprise. DirectConnect for Oracle constructs syntax for the Oracle datatypes as shown:

**Table 3-3: ASE-to-Oracle datatype conversion for create table**
Adaptive Server datatype	Oracle datatype
bit	char(1)
tinyint	number(3,0)
smallint	number(4,0)
int	number(10,0)
smallmoney	number(10,4)
money	number(19,4)
float	float
real	float
decimal(p,s)	number(p,s)
numeric(p,s)	number(p,s)
char(n)	char(n)
varchar(n)	varchar2(n)
unichar(n)	nchar(n)
univarchar(n)	nvarchar2(n)
binary(n)	raw(n)
varbinary(n)	raw(n)
timestamp	raw(16)
text	CLOB
image	BLOB
datetime	date
smalldatetime	date
date	date
time	timestamp

When a create existing table command is processed, the datatype for each column specifies the type of conversion to be performed from the Oracle columns to Adaptive Server Enterprise columns during query processing. The following table describes the allowable datatypes that can be used for existing Oracle datatypes.

**Table 3-4: Allowable ASE-to-Oracle conversions**
Adaptive Server datatype	Oracle datatype
int, smallint, tinyint, float, double, numeric, decimal	number
datetime	date
date	date
time	timestamp
datetime	timestamp
char(n)	char(n)
varchar(n)	varchar2(n) up to 4000 bytes
text	CLOB
binary(n) or varbinary(n)	raw(n) up to 4000 bytes
image	BLOB