Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Developer's Guide

Supported Data Types

The following table shows mappings of Java types to SQL types when the default persistence provider and automatic schema generation are used.

Table 7–1 Java Type to SQL Type Mappings

Java Type 

Java DB, Derby, CloudScape 

Oracle 

DB2 

Sybase 

MS-SQL Server 

MySQL Server 

boolean, java.lang.Boolean

SMALLINT

NUMBER(1)

SMALLINT

BIT

BIT

TINYINT(1)

int, java.lang.Integer

INTEGER

NUMBER(10)

INTEGER

INTEGER

INTEGER

INTEGER

long, java.lang.Long

BIGINT

NUMBER(19)

INTEGER

NUMERIC(19)

NUMERIC(19)

BIGINT

float, java.lang.Float

FLOAT

NUMBER(19,4)

FLOAT

FLOAT(16)

FLOAT(16)

FLOAT

double, java.lang.Double

FLOAT

NUMBER(19,4)

FLOAT

FLOAT(32)

FLOAT(32)

DOUBLE

short, java.lang.Short

SMALLINT

NUMBER(5)

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

byte, java.lang.Byte

SMALLINT

NUMBER(3)

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

java.lang.Number

DECIMAL

NUMBER(38)

DECIMAL(15)

NUMERIC(38)

NUMERIC(28)

DECIMAL(38)

java.math.BigInteger

BIGINT

NUMBER(38)

BIGINT

NUMERIC(38)

NUMERIC(28)

BIGINT

java.math.BigDecimal

DECIMAL

NUMBER(38)

DECIMAL(15)

NUMERIC(38)

NUMERIC(28)

DECIMAL(38)

java.lang.String

VARCHAR(255)

VARCHAR(255)

VARCHAR(255)

VARCHAR(255)

VARCHAR(255)

VARCHAR(255)

char, java.lang.Character

CHAR(1)

CHAR(1)

CHAR(1)

CHAR(1)

CHAR(1)

CHAR(1)

byte[], java.lang.Byte[], java.sql.Blob

BLOB(64000)

LONG RAW

BLOB(64000)

IMAGE

IMAGE

BLOB(64000)

char[], java.lang.Character[], java.sql.Clob

CLOB(64000)

LONG

CLOB(64000)

TEXT

TEXT

TEXT(64000)

java.sql.Date

DATE

DATE

DATE

DATETIME

DATETIME

DATE

java.sql.Time

TIME

DATE

TIME

DATETIME

DATETIME

TIME

java.sql.Timestamp

TIMESTAMP

DATE

TIMESTAMP

DATETIME

DATETIME

DATETIME