Datatypes and Adaptive Server

Host variable datatypes must be compatible with the datatypes of the corresponding database columns. So, before writing your application program, check the datatypes of the database columns. To ensure that your host variables are compatible with the Adaptive Server datatypes, use the Sybase-supplied type definitions.

The following table shows and briefly describes the equivalent datatypes. For detailed descriptions of each Adaptive Server datatype, see the Adaptive Server Enterprise Reference Manual.

**Table 4-4: Comparison of C and Adaptive Server compatible datatypes**
Sybase-supplied typedef	Description	C datatype	Adaptive Server datatype
CS_BINARY	Binary type	unsigned char	binary, varbinary
CS_BIT	Bit type	unsigned char	boolean
CS_CHAR	Character type	char[n]	char, varchar
CS_DATE	4-byte date type	None	date
CS_TIME	4-byte time type	None	time
CS_DATETIME	8-byte datetime type	None	datetime
CS_DATETIME4	4-byte datetime type	None	smalldatetime
CS_TINYINT	1-byte integer type	unsigned char	tinyint
CS_SMALLINT	2-byte integer type	short	smallint
CS_INT	4-byte integer type	long	int
CS_DECIMAL	Decimal type	None	decimal
CS_NUMERIC	Numeric type	None	numeric
CS_FLOAT	8-byte float type	double	float
CS_REAL	4-byte float type	float	real
CS_MONEY	8-byte money type	None	money
CS_MONEY4	4-byte money type	None	smallmoney
CS_TEXT	Text type -y option required	unsigned char	text
CS_IMAGE	Image type -y option required	unsigned char	image