The DatabaseMetaData.getTypeInfo() method returns information about data types. The following table provides getTypeInfo() results for supported Jira data types.

Table 1. getTypeInfo() Results

TYPE_NAME = BigInt

  • AUTO_INCREMENT = false
  • CASE_SENSITIVE = false
  • CREATE_PARAMS = NULL
  • DATA_TYPE = -5 (BIGINT)
  • FIXED_PREC_SCALE = false
  • LITERAL_PREFIX = NULL
  • LITERAL_SUFFIX = NULL
  • LOCAL_TYPE_NAME = BIGINT
  • MAXIMUM_SCALE = 0
  
  • MINIMUM_SCALE = 0
  • NULLABLE = 1
  • NUM_PREC_RADIX = 10
  • PRECISION = 19
  • SEARCHABLE = 3
  • SQL_DATA_TYPE = NULL
  • SQL_DATETIME_SUB = NULL
  • UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE = false
TYPE_NAME = Boolean
  • AUTO_INCREMENT = false
  • CASE_SENSITIVE = false
  • CREATE_PARAMS = NULL
  • DATA_TYPE = 16 (BOOLEAN)
  • FIXED_PREC_SCALE = false
  • LITERAL_PREFIX = NULL
  • LITERAL_SUFFIX = NULL
  • LOCAL_TYPE_NAME = BOOLEAN
  • MAXIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  
  • MINIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  • NULLABLE = 1
  • NUM_PREC_RADIX = NULL
  • PRECISION = 1
  • SEARCHABLE = 3
  • SQL_DATA_TYPE = NULL
  • SQL_DATETIME_SUB = NULL
  • UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE = false

TYPE_NAME = Date

  • AUTO_INCREMENT = false
  • CASE_SENSITIVE = false
  • CREATE_PARAMS = NULL
  • DATA_TYPE = 91 (DATE)
  • FIXED_PREC_SCALE = false
  • LITERAL_PREFIX = DATE '
  • LITERAL_SUFFIX = '
  • LOCAL_TYPE_NAME = DATE
  • MAXIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  
  • MINIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  • NULLABLE = 1
  • NUM_PREC_RADIX = NULL
  • PRECISION = 10
  • SEARCHABLE = 3
  • SQL_DATA_TYPE = NULL
  • SQL_DATETIME_SUB = NULL
  • UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE = false

TYPE_NAME = Integer

  • AUTO_INCREMENT = false
  • CASE_SENSITIVE = false
  • CREATE_PARAMS = NULL
  • DATA_TYPE = 4 (INTEGER)
  • FIXED_PREC_SCALE = false
  • LITERAL_PREFIX = NULL
  • LITERAL_SUFFIX = NULL
  • LOCAL_TYPE_NAME = INTEGER
  • MAXIMUM_SCALE = 0
  
  • MINIMUM_SCALE = 0
  • NULLABLE = 1
  • NUM_PREC_RADIX = 10
  • PRECISION = 10
  • SEARCHABLE = 3
  • SQL_DATA_TYPE = NULL
  • SQL_DATETIME_SUB = NULL
  • UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE = false

TYPE_NAME = JSON

  • AUTO_INCREMENT = false
  • CASE_SENSITIVE = true
  • CREATE_PARAMS = NULL
  • DATA_TYPE = 12 (VARCHAR)
  • FIXED_PREC_SCALE = false
  • LITERAL_PREFIX = '
  • LITERAL_SUFFIX = '
  • LOCAL_TYPE_NAME = JSON
  • MAXIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  
  • MINIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  • NULLABLE = 1
  • NUM_PREC_RADIX = NULL
  • PRECISION = 16777215
  • SEARCHABLE = 3
  • SQL_DATA_TYPE = NULL
  • SQL_DATETIME_SUB = NULL
  • UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE = false

TYPE_NAME = LongVarChar

  • AUTO_INCREMENT = false
  • CASE_SENSITIVE = true
  • CREATE_PARAMS = NULL
  • DATA_TYPE = -1 (LONGVARCHAR)
  • FIXED_PREC_SCALE = false
  • LITERAL_PREFIX = '
  • LITERAL_SUFFIX = '
  • LOCAL_TYPE_NAME = LONGVARCHAR
  • MAXIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  
  • MINIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  • NULLABLE = 1
  • NUM_PREC_RADIX = 10
  • PRECISION = 16777215
  • SEARCHABLE = 0
  • SQL_DATA_TYPE = NULL
  • SQL_DATETIME_SUB = NULL
  • UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE = false

TYPE_NAME = Timestamp

  • AUTO_INCREMENT = false
  • CASE_SENSITIVE = false
  • CREATE_PARAMS = NULL
  • DATA_TYPE = 93 (TIMESTAMP)
  • FIXED_PREC_SCALE = false
  • LITERAL_PREFIX = TIMESTAMP'
  • LITERAL_SUFFIX = '
  • LOCAL_TYPE_NAME = TIMESTAMP
  • MAXIMUM_SCALE = 9
  
  • MINIMUM_SCALE = 0
  • NULLABLE = 1
  • NUM_PREC_RADIX = NULL
  • PRECISION = 23
  • SEARCHABLE = 3
  • SQL_DATA_TYPE = NULL
  • SQL_DATETIME_SUB = NULL
  • UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE = false

TYPE_NAME = VarChar

  • AUTO_INCREMENT = false
  • CASE_SENSITIVE = true
  • CREATE_PARAMS = NULL
  • DATA_TYPE = 12 (VARCHAR)
  • FIXED_PREC_SCALE = false
  • LITERAL_PREFIX = '
  • LITERAL_SUFFIX = '
  • LOCAL_TYPE_NAME = VARCHAR
  • MAXIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  
  • MINIMUM_SCALE = NULL
  • NULLABLE = 1
  • NUM_PREC_RADIX = NULL
  • PRECISION = 32767
  • SEARCHABLE = 3
  • SQL_DATA_TYPE = NULL
  • SQL_DATETIME_SUB = NULL
  • UNSIGNED_ATTRIBUTE = false