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Sybase ASE Data Types - TEXT
Versions: Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.x, 12.5.x, 12.0 and 11.x
| Sybase ASE - TEXT | |
|---|---|
| Syntax | TEXT |
| Data | Variable-length character data |
| Range | 231-1 bytes (2G) |
| Storage Size | 0 bytes when empty, otherwise multiple of 2K |
| Internals | Data is stored in data pages that are separate from the rest of the table |
| Standards | Sybase Transact-SQL Extension |
Sybase ASE TEXT - Equivalents in Other Databases
| Database | Data Type and Conversion |
|---|---|
| Oracle | CLOB, 4G |
| SQL Server | VARCHAR(n | max), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 8000, 2G if max is specified, TEXT, 2G |
| MySQL | LONGTEXT, 4G |
| PostgreSQL | TEXT, 1G |
| Informix | TEXT, 2G, CLOB, 4T |
| HP Neoview | VARCHAR(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ (32708 - size of other columns) |
| Ingres | TEXT(n), 1 ⇐ n ⇐ 32000; LONG VARCHAR, 2G |
Related Data Types in Sybase ASE
| Data Types | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-length character data | CHAR(n) | NCHAR(n) | UNICHAR(n) |
| Variable-length character data | VARCHAR(n) | NVARCHAR(n) | UNIVARCHAR(n) |
| Character large objects | UNITEXT | ||
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