B
Datatype Support

The Oracle Application Server Integration Adapter for IMS/TM supports a number of datatypes that are used when defining metadata in Oracle Studio. The datatypes are mapped from the COBOL datatypes during the import procedure.

Note: The mapping of datatypes between Oracle Application Server Integration Adapter for IMS/TM and Oracle Application Server ProcessConnect is performed internally by Oracle Connect for IMS/TM.

This appendix contains the following section:

• Datatype Mapping

Datatype Mapping

The COBOL datatype COMP, in the table is an abbreviation for, and synonymous with, COMPUTATIONAL. Square brackets ([ ]) denote optional qualifiers for some COBOL compilers, which may not be allowed for other COBOL compilers.

Table B-1  Datatype Mapping: COBOL and Oracle Connect for IMS/TM

COBOL Datatype	Oracle Connect Datatype
BINARY (with fractional data)	string
BINARY (without fractional data)	int
COMP (with fractional data)	string
COMP (without fractional data)	int
COMP-2	double
COMP-3	string
COMP-4 (with fractional data)	string
COMP-4 (without fractional data)	int
COMP-5 (with fractional data)	string
COMP-5 (without fractional data)	int
COMP-X (with fractional data)	string
COMP-X (without fractional data)	int
INDEX	int
[SIGN [IS]] LEADING	string
[SIGN [IS]] LEADING SEPARATE [CHARACTER]	string
NATIVE-2	int
NATIVE-4	int
NATIVE-8	string
PACKED-DECIMAL	string
POINTER	int
[SIGN [IS]] TRAILING	string
[SIGN [IS]] TRAILING SEPARATE [CHARACTER]	string