Data types
- Last Updated: February 6, 2025
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The following table shows how the SAP ASE data types are mapped to the standard ODBC data types. For SAP ASE to Unicode data type mappings, see "Driver Specifications."
| SAP ASE Data Type... | Maps to ODBC Data Type |
|---|---|
| BIGDATETIME | SQL_DATETIME |
| BIGINT | SQL_BIGINT |
| BIGTIME | SQL_DATETIME |
| BINARY | SQL_BINARY |
| BIT | SQL_BIT |
| CHAR | SQL_CHAR |
| DATE | SQL_TYPE_DATE |
| DATETIME | SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP |
| DECIMAL | SQL_DECIMAL |
| FLOAT | SQL_FLOAT |
| IMAGE | SQL_LONGVARBINARY |
| INT | SQL_INTEGER |
| MONEY | SQL_DECIMAL |
| NUMERIC | SQL_NUMERIC |
| REAL | SQL_REAL |
| SMALLDATETIME | SQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP |
| SMALLINT | SQL_SMALLINT |
| SMALLMONEY | SQL_DECIMAL |
| SYSNAME | SQL_VARCHAR |
| TEXT | SQL_LONGVARCHAR |
| TIME | SQL_TYPE_TIME |
| TIMESTAMP | SQL_VARBINARY |
| TINYINT | SQL_TINYINT |
| UNSIGNED BIGINT2 | SQL_BIGINT |
| UNSIGNED INT2 | SQL_INTEGER |
| UNSIGNED SMALLINT | SQL_SMALLINT |
| VARBINARY | SQL_VARBINARY |
| VARCHAR | SQL_VARCHAR |