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Field data types supported by Absolute Database are listed below:
Data Type |
TFieldType |
AdvFieldType |
SQL Data Type |
Description |
AutoInc |
ftAutoinc |
aftAutoinc |
AUTOINC |
Auto incremental 32-bit unsigned integer. |
BLOB |
ftBlob |
aftBlob |
BLOB |
Binary Large Object - variable length binary data |
Bytes (length) |
ftBytes |
aftBytes |
BYTES |
Fixed length binary data |
Currency |
ftCurrency |
aftCurrency |
CURRENCY, MONEY |
Money value. |
Date |
ftDate |
aftDate |
DATE |
Date value. |
DateTime |
ftDateTime |
aftDateTime |
DATETIME |
DateTime value. |
Extended |
ftExtended |
aftExtended |
EXTENDED |
Extended floating point number. |
Float |
ftFloat |
aftDouble |
FLOAT |
Floating point number |
FmtMemo |
ftFmtMemo |
aftFormattedMemo |
FORMATTEDMEMO |
Formatted memo - variable length string in RTF format |
Graphic |
ftGraphic |
aftGraphic |
GRAPHIC |
Binary data for storing pictures |
GUID |
ftGUID |
aftGuid |
GUID |
16-byte GUID |
Integer |
ftInteger |
aftInteger |
INTEGER |
32-bit signed integer |
LargeInt |
ftLargeInt |
aftLargeInt |
LARGEINT, INT64 |
64-bit signed integer |
Logical |
ftBoolean |
aftBoolean |
LOGICAL, BOOLEAN, BOOL, BIT |
Boolean value |
Memo |
ftMemo |
aftMemo |
MEMO, CLOB |
Variable length string in plain text format |
SmallInt |
ftSmallint |
aftSmallint |
SMALLINT |
16-bit signed integer |
String (length) |
ftString, ftFixedChar |
aftString, aftChar |
STRING, CHAR, VARCHAR, VARCHAR2, FIXEDCHAR |
Fixed length string (may be up to 65500 bytes or up to page size) |
Time |
ftTime |
aftTime |
TIME |
Time value |
TimeStamp |
ftTimeStamp |
aftTimeStamp |
TIMESTAMP |
Timestamp value. |
VarBytes |
ftVarBytes |
aftVarBytes |
VARBYTES |
Variable number of bytes (binary storage) |
WideMemo |
ftBlob |
aftWideMemo |
WIDEMEMO |
Variable length Unicode string in plain text format |
WideString (length) |
ftWideString |
aftWideString |
WIDESTRING, WIDECHAR, FIXEDWIDECHAR, WIDEVARCHAR |
Fixed length Unicode string (may be up to 65500 bytes or up to page size) |
Word |
ftWord |
aftWord |
WORD, UNSIGNEDINT16 |
16-bit unsigned integer |