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Datatype Translation and Mapping > Oracle Datatypes
Oracle to HANA DB
Lists Oracle-to-HANA DB datatype mappings.
See SAP HANA Reference > SQL Reference Manual > Data Types for current information on the range of values that
can be represented by HANA DB datatypes.
Note: Do not use a column with the Oracle RAW or LONG RAW datatype as a primary key or as part of a primary key.
Oracle-to-HANA DB Datatype Mappings
Oracle Datatype Replication Definition Datatype HANA DB Datatype
ANYDATA opaque No default
BFILE image blob
BINARY_DOUBLE rs_oracle_decimal double
BINARY_FLOAT rs_oracle_float real
BLOB image blob
CHAR char char
(See note below.)
CLOB text
unitext (multibyte)
clob
nclob (multibyte)
DATE rs_oracle_datetime timestamp
FLOAT rs_oracle_float float
INTEGER rs_oracle_decimal
decimal (to 34 digits)
varchar (over 34 digits)
INTERVAL rs_oracle_interval No default
LONG text clob
LONG RAW image blob
NCHAR unichar nchar
NCLOB unitext nclob
NESTEDTAB opaque No default
NUMBER rs_oracle_decimal double
Note: When Oracle NUMBER is specified
without precision, the maximum value
allowed by the Oracle column exceeds
HANA DB decimal. HANA DB double is
the only HANA DB datatype supporting any
possible Oracle value. When the NUMBER
precision is known or specified, use HANA
DB decimal.
NUMBER(1) rs_oracle_decimal tinyint
NUMBER(2) rs_oracle_decimal smallint
NUMBER(2)

NUMBER(4)
rs_oracle_decimal smallint
NUMBER(5)

NUMBER(9)
rs_oracle_decimal integer
NUMBER(10)

NUMBER(18)
rs_oracle_decimal bigint
NUMBER(p,s) rs_oracle_decimal
varchar
decimal (to 34 digits)
varchar (over 34 digits)
NVARCHAR univarchar nvarchar
NVARCHAR2 univarchar nvarchar
Object types opaque No default
RAW rs_oracle_binary (up to 255
bytes)
varbinary (greater than 255
bytes)
varbinary
REF rs_oracle_binary No default
ROWID rs_oracle_rowid varchar(20)
TIMESTAMP(n) rs_oracle_timestamp9 timestamp
TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME
ZONE
rs_oracle_timestamp9 No default
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE rs_oracle_timestamptz No default
VARCHAR2 varchar varchar
(See note below.)
VARRAY opaque No default
Note: If your primary database is configured for a single-byte character set (like iso_1) that accepts extended ASCII
charactersthe one-byte ASCII character values between 128 and 255HANA DB may convert single-byte extended
characters into double-byte characters in char or varchar columns. This conversion may subsequently cause the
storage size in HANA DB to exceed the original column length or storage of the primary database. If your primary
database and application support using extended ASCII characters in a single-byte character set, you may need to
increase the size of the corresponding column in the HANA DB table definition. This change allows those columns to
accommodate the conversion of extended characters to two-byte storage.
Fixed-Length Column Mapping
HANA DB does not pad fixed-length CHAR column values specified in a subscription where clause, and this can result in
a data mismatch. For example, if the character string 'abc' is passed in a fixed-length column defined in a subscription
where clause as char(5), HANA DB does not pad the remaining characters with whitespace as 'abc ', and a mismatch
occurs. You should therefore map fixed-length CHAR columns to the HANA DB varchar datatype.
Parent topic: Oracle Datatypes
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