Oracle7 Server Application Developer's Guide
CHAPTER
5
. Selecting a Datatype
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his chapter discusses the Oracle datatypes, their properties, and mapping to non-Oracle datatypes. Topics discussed include the following:
the Oracle datatypes: CHAR, VARCHAR2, NUMBER, DATE, LONG, RAW, and LONG RAW
ROWIDs and the ROWID datatype
the Trusted Oracle MLSLABEL datatype
ANSI, SQL/DS, and DB2 datatypes
data conversions
