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The following table shows the mapping between C data types, I4GL data types, and EGL primitive types.
C data types | Equivalent I4GL data type | Equivalent EGL primitive type |
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char | CHAR or CHARACTER | UNICODE(1) |
char | NCHAR | UNICODE(size) |
char | NVARCHAR | STRING |
char | VARCHAR | STRING |
int | INT or INTEGER | INT |
short | SMALLINT | SMALLINT |
ifx_int8_t | BIGINT | BIGINT |
dec_t | DEC or DECIMAL(p,s,) or NUMERIC(p) | DECIMAL(p) |
dec_t | MONEY | MONEY |
double | FLOAT | FLOAT |
float | SMALLFLOAT | SMALLFLOAT |
loc_t | TEXT | CLOB |
loc_t | BYTE | BLOB |
int | DATE | DATE |
dtime_t | DATETIME | TIMESTAMP |
intvl_t | INTERVAL | INTERVAL |