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IBM DB2 Data Types - CHAR

Versions: IBM DB2 9.x, 8.x, 7.x, 6.1 and 5.2

DB2 - CHAR
Syntax CHAR[(n)] [FOR BIT DATA]
Data Fixed-length character data
Parameters n is the maximum number of bytes, optional. If FOR BITA DATA is specified the column data is treated as binary data
Range 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 254
Default n is 1
Padding Right-padded with spaces to n
Empty String '' is treated as empty string
Storage Size n bytes
Synonyms CHARACTER
Standards ANSI SQL

IBM DB2 CHAR - Equivalents in Other Databases

Database Data Type and Conversion
Oracle CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 2000/charsize
SQL Server CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 8000
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
Interbase/Firebird CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32767/charsize
Ingres CHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 3200

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