Building Queries and Data Views
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Database-Specific Names
This section includes tables showing the database-specific names and the corresponding Liquid Data data types. This section includes the following:
Oracle Names
The following table maps Oracle names to Liquid Data data types.
Oracle Name
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Liquid Data Data Type
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FLOAT
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xs:float
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BFILE
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not supported
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LONG
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not supported
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LONG RAW
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not supported
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NCHAR
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xs:string
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NCLOB
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not supported
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NUMBER
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xs:decimal
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NVARCHAR2
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xs:string
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RAW
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xs:string
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ROWID
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xs:string
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UROWID
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not supported
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VARCHAR2
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xs:string
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Microsoft SQL Server Names
The following table maps Microsoft SQL Server names to Liquid Data data types.
SQL Name
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Liquid Data Data Type
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DATETIME
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xs:dateTime
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IMAGE
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not supported
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INT
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xs:integer
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MONEY
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xs:float
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NTEXT
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xs:string// too big?
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NVARCHAR
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xs:string
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SMALLDATETIME
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xs:dateTime
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SMALLMONEY
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xs:float
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SQL_VARIANT
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xs:string
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UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
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xs:string
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DB2 Names
The following table maps DB2 data types to Liquid Data data types.
DB2 Name
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Liquid Data Data Type
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CHARACTER
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xs:string
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CHARACTER (for bit data)
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xs:string
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DATALINK
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xs:string
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LONG VARCHAR
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xs:string
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LONG VARCHAR (for bit data)
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xs:string
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VARCHAR (for bit data)
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xs:string
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Sybase Names
The following table maps Sybase data types to Liquid Data data types.
Sybase Name
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Liquid Data Data Type
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SYSNAME
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xs:string
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TEXT
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xs:string
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Informix Names
The following table maps Informix data types to Liquid Data data types.
Informix Name
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Liquid Data Data Type
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BLOB
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not supported
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BYTE
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not supported
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BOOLEAN
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xs:booean
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CHAR(n)
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xs:string
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CHARACTER(n)
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xs:string
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CLOB
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not supported
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DATE
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xs:date
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DATETIME
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xs:dateTime
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DEC/DECIMAL
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xs:decimal
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DOUBLE PRECISION/FLOAT
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xs:double
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INT/INTEGER
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xs:integer
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INT8
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xs:long
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INTERVAL
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not supported
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LVARCHAR
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xs:string
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MONEY
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xs:float
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NCHAR
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xs:string
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NUMERIC
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xs:decimal
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REAL
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xs:float
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SMALLFLOAT
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xs:float
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SMALLINT
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xs:short
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TEXT
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xs:string
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