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Interbase/Firebird Data Types


This article describes the data types supported by Interbase 6.x and Firebird 2.x and earlier.

Overview

Data Type Parameters and Range
Character Data Types
CHAR(n) - Fixed-length character data 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32767/charsize, default is 1
NCHAR(n) - Fixed-length character data in ISO8859_1 (Latin 1) 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32767, default is 1

Character Data Types

CHAR

Interbase/Firebird - CHAR
Syntax CHAR[(n)]
Data Fixed-length character data, single-byte and multibyte character sets
Parameters n is the maximum number of characters, optional
Range 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32767/charsize
Default n is 1
Padding Right-padded with spaces to n
Character Set Database default, unless it is specified using the CHARACTER SET clause
Storage Size n*charsize bytes
Synonyms CHARACTER
Standards ANSI SQL

Interbase/Firebird CHAR - Equivalents in Other Databases

Database Data Type and Conversion
Oracle CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 2000/charsize
SQL Server CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 8000
IBM DB2 CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 254
MySQL CHAR(n), 0 ⇐ n ⇐ 255
PostgreSQL CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 1G
Sybase ASE CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ pagesize (2K, 4K, 8K or 16K)
Sybase ASA CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32767/charsize
Informix DS CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32767
Teradata CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 64000/charsize
HP Neoview CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 4036
Ingres CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 3200

NCHAR

Interbase/Firebird - NCHAR
Syntax CHAR[(n)]
Data Fixed-length single-byte character data in ISO8859_1 (Latin 1) character set
Parameters n is the maximum number of characters, optional
Range 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32767
Default n is 1
Padding Right-padded with spaces to n
Storage Size n
Synonyms CHAR CHARACTER SET ISO8859_1
Standards ANSI SQL

Interbase/Firebird NCHAR - Equivalents in Other Databases

Database Data Type and Conversion
Oracle NCHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 2000/charsize, Unicode - UTF-8 or UTF-16
SQL Server NCHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 4000, Unicode - UCS-2
IBM DB2 GRAPHIC(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 127, double-byte
MySQL NCHAR(n), 0 ⇐ n ⇐ 255, Unicode - UTF-8 and TEXT or VARCHAR(n), if n > 255
PostgreSQL CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 1G
Sybase ASE NCHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ pagesize (2K, 4K, 8K or 16K); UNICHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ pagesize, Unicode
Sybase ASA NCHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 8191, Unicode - UTF-8
Informix DS NCHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32767, database character set
Teradata CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 64000/charsize
HP Neoview NCHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 4036, Unicode - UCS-2 or ISO88591 (Latin1)
Ingres NCHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 16000, Unicode - UTF-8

Data Types in Other Databases


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