Perl Supported Datatypes

String Types

• char
• varchar
• binary
• varbinary
• text
• image
• unichar
• univarchar

Numeric Types

• integer
• smallint
• tinyint
• money
• smallmoney
• float
• real
• double
• numeric
• decimal
• bit
• bigint

Date and Time Datatypes

• datetime
• date
• time
• bigtime
• bigdatetime

The default time/date format used by the Sybase ASE driver is the short format. For example: “Aug 7 2011 03:05PM”.

This format is based on the “C” locale and must be either set as LC_ALL or LANG to “C” before using the driver.

For information about datatypes, see Using Open Client and Server Datatypes in the Open Client Client-Library/C Programmers Guide.