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DB2 - DATA TYPES

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This chapter introduces various data types used in DB2.

Introduction
In DB2 Database tables, each column has its own data type depending on developer’s
requirements. The data type is said to be type and range of the values in columns of a table.

Built-in data types


Datetime
TIME: It represents the time of the day in hours, minutes and seconds.
TIMESTAMP: It represents seven values of the date and time in the form of year,
month, day, hours, minutes, seconds and microseconds.
DATE: It represents date of the day in three parts in the form of year, month and day.
String
Character
CHAR fixedlength: Fixed length of Character strings.
Varying length
VARCHAR: Varying length character strings.
CLOB: large object strings, you use this when a character string might exceed the limits of
the VARCHAR data type.
Graphic
GRAHPIC
Fixed length: Fixed length graphic strings that contains double-byte characters
Varying length
VARGRAPHIC: Varying character graphic string that contains double bye characters.
DBCLOB: large object type
Binary
BLOB varyinglength: binary string in large object
BOOLEAN: In the form of 0 and 1.
Signed numeric
Exact
Binary integer
SMALLINT [16BIT]: Using this you can insert small int values into columns
INTEGER [32BIT]: Using this you can insert large int values into columns
BIGINT [64BIT]: Using this you can insert larger int values into columns
Decimal
DECIMAL packed
DECFLOAT decimalfloatingpoint: Using this, you can insert decimal floating point numbers
Approximate
Floating points
REAL singleprecision: Using this data type, you can insert single precision floating point
numbers.
DOUBLE doubleprecision: Using this data type, you can insert double precision floating
point numbers.
eXtensible Mark-up Language
XML: You can store XML data into this data type column.
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