the different data types supported by SAP HANA

 SAP HANA supports a variety of data types to handle different kinds of data efficiently. These data types can be broadly categorized into several groups:

1. Numeric Data Types

• TINYINT: 1-byte integer (-128 to 127).
• SMALLINT: 2-byte integer (-32,768 to 32,767).
• INTEGER: 4-byte integer (-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647).
• BIGINT: 8-byte integer (-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807).
• DECIMAL(p,s): Fixed-point number with precision p and scale s.
• REAL: Single-precision floating-point number.
• DOUBLE: Double-precision floating-point number.

2. Character Data Types

• CHAR(n): Fixed-length character string with length n.
• VARCHAR(n): Variable-length character string with a maximum length n.
• CLOB: Character Large Object for large text data.

3. Binary Data Types

• BINARY(n): Fixed-length binary data with length n.
• VARBINARY(n): Variable-length binary data with a maximum length n.
• BLOB: Binary Large Object for large binary data.

4. Date and Time Data Types

• DATE: Stores year, month, and day values.
• TIME: Stores hour, minute, and second values.
• SECONDDATE: Stores year, month, day, hour, minute, second values.
• TIMESTAMP: Stores year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and fractional seconds.
• LONGDATE: Stores a timestamp with a larger range.
• SECONDTIME: Stores a time with a larger range.

5. Boolean Data Type

• BOOLEAN: Stores TRUE or FALSE.

6. Spatial Data Types

• ST_POINT: Stores geometric points.
• ST_GEOMETRY: Stores geometric shapes.

7. Text Data Types

• TEXT: Stores large amounts of text data.
• SHORTTEXT: Optimized for shorter text data.

8. JSON Data Type

• JSON: Stores JSON formatted data.

9. Special Data Types

• ARRAY: Stores an array of elements.
• VARCHAR (ARRAY): Stores an array of variable-length strings.
• NCLOB: National Character Large Object for large text data using UTF-8 encoding.
• ALPHANUM(n): Variable-length alphanumeric string with a maximum length n.
• SMALLDECIMAL: Decimal number with a small range and precision.

These data types allow SAP HANA to manage and process a wide variety of data efficiently, supporting the needs of different applications and use cases.

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