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data-types

Data Types

You can use the following data types in HPL/SQL programs:

Data Type Description
BIGINT INT8 64-bit integer
BINARY_DOUBLE Double precision floating-point number
BINARY_FLOAT Single precision floating-point number
BINARY_INTEGER 32-bit integer
BIT 0, 1 or NULL
BOOL BOOLEAN True or false
CHAR(n) CHARACTER(n) Fixed-length string
DECIMAL(p,s) Fixed-point number
DATE Date (year, month and day)
DATETIME Date and time
DOUBLE DOUBLE PRECISION Double precision floating-point number
FLOAT Single precision floating-point number
INT INTEGER INT4 32-bit integer
NCHAR(n) Fixed-length string
NVARCHAR(n) Variable-length string
NUMERIC(p,s) Fixed-point number
NUMBER(p,s) Fixed-point number
PLS_INTEGER 32-bit integer
REAL Single precision floating-point number
RECORD Arbitrary record
SIMPLE_DOUBLE Double precision floating-point number
SIMPLE_FLOAT Single precision floating-point number
SIMPLE_INTEGER 32-bit integer
SMALLINT INT2 16-bit integer
SYS_REFCURSOR Cursor variable
TIMESTAMP Date and time
TINYINT 8-bit integer
VARCHAR(n) VARCHAR(max) Variable-length string
VARCHAR2(n) Variable-length string
UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE File handle

Data Type Conversion

If CREATE TABLE contains a data type that is not supported by Hive, it is automatically converted by HPL/SQL.

Currently HPL/SQL performs the following conversions:

Source Hive SQL
BIT TINYINT
DATETIME TIMESTAMP
INT(n) INT
INT2 SMALLINT
INT4 INT
INT8 BIGINT
NCHAR(n) STRING
NVARCHAR(n) STRING
NUMBER(p,s) DECIMAL(p,s)
NUMERIC(p,s) DECIMAL(p,s)
TEXT STRING
VARCHAR(MAX) STRING
VARCHAR2(n) STRING

For more information, see On-the-Fly Conversion