Converting data types
The Amazon Redshift ODBC driver version 2.x supports many common data formats, converting between Amazon Redshift and SQL data types.
The following table lists the supported data type mappings.
| Amazon Redshift type | SQL type |
|---|---|
|
BIGINT |
SQL_BIGINT |
|
BOOLEAN |
SQL_BIT |
|
CHAR |
SQL_CHAR |
|
DATE |
SQL_TYPE_DATE |
|
DECIMAL |
SQL_NUMERIC |
|
DOUBLE PRECISION |
SQL_DOUBLE |
|
GEOGRAPHY |
SQL_ LONGVARBINARY |
|
GEOMETRY |
SQL_ LONGVARBINARY |
|
INTEGER |
SQL_INTEGER |
|
REAL |
SQL_REAL |
|
SMALLINT |
SQL_SMALLINT |
|
SUPER |
SQL_LONGVARCHAR |
|
TEXT |
SQL_LONGVARCHAR |
|
TIME |
SQL_TYPE_TIME |
|
TIMETZ |
SQL_TYPE_TIME |
|
TIMESTAMP |
SQL_TYPE_ TIMESTAMP |
|
TIMESTAMPTZ |
SQL_TYPE_ TIMESTAMP |
|
VARBYTE |
SQL_LONGVARBINARY |
|
VARCHAR |
SQL_VARCHAR |