External Data Object to ER/Studio DA Mappings
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Exporting to ER/Studio DA is based on a pre-defined mapping to create the appropriate ER constructs from the External Data Objects. The first table below shows the Entity Attribute Datatype mappings. The second table shows the Table Column Datatypes.
Entity Attribute Datatypes | ER/Studio DA Object |
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Binary (W) |
BINARY(W) |
Boolean |
BIT |
Char(W) |
CHAR(W) |
Date |
DATE |
Decimal |
DECIMAL(W, S) |
Float |
FLOAT |
Integer |
INTEGER |
Long Binary |
IMAGE / LONG BINARY |
Money (W, S) |
MONEY(W, S) |
Timestamp |
TIMESTAMP / DATE |
Varchar (W) |
VARCHAR (W) |
XML |
XML (ER 7.1 and above) or VARCHAR (W) (ER 7.0) |
Table Column Datatypes | ER/Studio DA Object |
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Binary(W) |
BIT VARYING (W) |
Boolean |
BIT |
Char(W) |
CHAR(W) |
Date |
DATE |
Decimal |
DECIMAL (W, S) |
Float |
FLOAT |
Integer |
INTEGER |
Long Binary |
VARCHAR (100) |
Money(W, S) |
DECIMAL(W, S) |
Timestamp |
TIMESTAMP |
Varchar (W) |
VARCHAR (W) |
XML |
VARCHAR (4000) |