Built-In Data Types
Built-in data types are data types that are defined by
the database server.
Notes:
- 1 See BOOLEAN and other built-in opaque data types
- 2 See BSON and JSON built-in opaque data types
- 3 See Character Data Types
- 4 See Numeric Data Types
- 5 Informix extension
- 6 See Large-Object Data Types
- 7 See Time Data Types
- 8 See IDSSECURITYLABEL Data Type
These data types are built into the database server in the sense that the information and support functions required to interpret and transfer these data types is part of the database server software, which supports character, numeric, large-object, and time categories of built-in data types.