Data Types
- Last Updated: September 4, 2026
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- IBM Db2 5.1
- MySQL 5.1
- Progress OpenEdge 5.1
- SAP Sybase 5.1
- Documentation
The following table lists the data types supported by the Sybase driver and how they are mapped to the JDBC data types.
| Sybase Data Type | JDBC Data Type |
|---|---|
| BIGINT 1 | BIGINT |
| BIGDATETIME 2 | TIMESTAMP |
| BIGTIME 3, 4 | TIME or TIMESTAMP |
| BINARY | BINARY |
| BIT | BIT |
| CHAR | CHAR |
| DATE 5 | DATE |
| DATETIME | TIMESTAMP |
| DECIMAL | DECIMAL |
| FLOAT | FLOAT |
| IMAGE | LONGVARBINARY |
| INT | INTEGER |
| MONEY | DECIMAL |
| NUMERIC | NUMERIC |
| REAL | REAL |
| SMALLDATETIME | TIMESTAMP |
| SMALLINT | SMALLINT |
| SMALLMONEY | DECIMAL |
| SYSNAME | VARCHAR |
| TEXT | LONGVARCHAR |
| TIME 6, 7 | TIME or TIMESTAMP |
| TIMESTAMP | VARBINARY |
| TINYINT | TINYINT |
| UNICHAR 8 | NCHAR |
| UNITEXT 9 | LONGNVARCHAR |
| UNIVARCHAR 10 | NVARCHAR |
| UNSIGNED BIGINT 11 | DECIMAL |
| UNSIGNED INT 12 | BIGINT |
| UNSIGNED SMALLINT 13 | INTEGER |
| VARBINARY | VARBINARY |
| VARCHAR | VARCHAR |
Note: FOR USERS OF SYBASE 12.5 AND HIGHER: The Sybase driver supports extended new limits (XNL)
for character and binary columns—columns with lengths greater than 255. Refer to your Sybase
documentation for more information about XNL for character and binary columns.
1 Supported only for Sybase 15.0 and higher.
2 Supported only for Sybase 15.5 and
higher.
3 Supported only for Sybase 15.5 and
higher.
4 When FetchTWFSasTime=
true, this Sybase data type is mapped to the JDBC TIME data type. When
FetchTWFSasTime=false, this Sybase data type is
mapped to the JDBC TIMESTAMP data type.5 Supported only for Sybase 12.5 and higher.
6 When FetchTWFSasTime=
true, this Sybase data type is mapped to the JDBC TIME data type. When
FetchTWFSasTime=false, this Sybase data type is
mapped to the JDBC TIMESTAMP data type.7 Supported only for Sybase 12.5 and higher.
8 Supported only for Sybase 12.5 and higher.
9 Supported only for Sybase 15.0 and higher.
10 Supported only for Sybase 12.5 and higher.
11 Supported only for Sybase 15.0 and higher.
12 Supported only for Sybase 15.0 and higher.
13 Supported only for Sybase 15.0 and higher.