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Appendix B: Converting Datatypes

Datatype names

An access service receives datatype names as part of create table or alter table commands as follows:

A given target may not be able to support all Open Client and Open Server datatypes, but it permits conversion to an equivalent or compatible datatype. For example, the CS_MONEY datatype can be converted to a numeric (19,4) or equivalent datatype.

For more information about transformation modes, see Chapter 6, “Issuing SQL Statements.”





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