Data type conversion table: Informix to Oracle

Table 1. Data type conversion table (Informix to Oracle)
Informix® data types	ORACLE data types
`CHAR(n)`	`CHAR(n)` (max is 2000 bytes)
`VARCHAR(n[,m])`	`VARCHAR2(n)` (max is 4000 bytes)
`LVARCHAR(n)`	`VARCHAR2(n)` (max is 4000 bytes)
`NCHAR(n)`	`NCHAR(n)` (max is 2000 bytes)
`NVARCHAR(n[,m])`	`NVARCHAR2(n)` (max is 4000 bytes)
`BOOLEAN`	`CHAR(1)`
`SMALLINT`	`NUMBER(5,0)`
`INTEGER`	`NUMBER(10,0)`
`BIGINT`	`NUMBER(20,0)`
`INT8`	`NUMBER(20,0)`
`SERIAL[(start)]`	`NUMBER(10,0)` (see note 1)
`BIGSERIAL[(start)]`	`NUMBER(20,0)` (see note 1)
`SERIAL8[(start)]`	`NUMBER(20,0)` (see note 1)
`DOUBLE PRECISION / FLOAT[(n)]`	`BINARY_DOUBLE`
`REAL / SMALLFLOAT`	`BINARY_FLOAT`
`DECIMAL(p,s)`	`NUMBER(p,s)`
`DECIMAL(p)`	`FLOAT(p*3.32193)`
`DECIMAL` (not recommended)	`FLOAT`
`MONEY(p,s)`	`NUMBER(p,s)`
`MONEY(p)`	`NUMBER(p,2)`
`MONEY`	`NUMBER(16,2)`
`TEXT`	`CLOB` (max is 2Gb)
`BYTE`	`BLOB` (max is 2Gb)
`DATE`	`DATE`
`DATETIME YEAR TO YEAR`	`DATE`
`DATETIME YEAR TO MONTH`	`DATE`
`DATETIME YEAR TO DAY`	`DATE`
`DATETIME YEAR TO HOUR`	`DATE`
`DATETIME YEAR TO MINUTE`	`DATE`
`DATETIME YEAR TO SECOND`	`DATE`
`DATETIME YEAR TO FRACTION(n)`	`TIMESTAMP(n)`
`DATETIME MONTH TO MONTH`	`DATE`
`DATETIME MONTH TO DAY`	`DATE`
`DATETIME MONTH TO HOUR`	`DATE`
`DATETIME MONTH TO MINUTE`	`DATE`
`DATETIME MONTH TO SECOND`	`DATE`
`DATETIME MONTH TO FRACTION(n)`	`TIMESTAMP(n)`
`DATETIME DAY TO DAY`	`DATE`
`DATETIME DAY TO HOUR`	`DATE`
`DATETIME DAY TO MINUTE`	`DATE`
`DATETIME DAY TO SECOND`	`DATE`
`DATETIME DAY TO FRACTION(n)`	`TIMESTAMP(n)`
`DATETIME HOUR TO HOUR`	`DATE`
`DATETIME HOUR TO MINUTE`	`DATE`
`DATETIME HOUR TO SECOND`	`DATE`
`DATETIME HOUR TO FRACTION(n)`	`TIMESTAMP(n)`
`DATETIME MINUTE TO MINUTE`	`DATE`
`DATETIME MINUTE TO SECOND`	`DATE`
`DATETIME MINUTE TO FRACTION(n)`	`TIMESTAMP(n)`
`DATETIME SECOND TO SECOND`	`DATE`
`DATETIME SECOND TO FRACTION(n)`	`TIMESTAMP(n)`
`DATETIME FRACTION TO FRACTION(n)`	`TIMESTAMP(n)`
`INTERVAL YEAR[(p)] TO MONTH`	`INTERVAL YEAR[(p)] TO MONTH`
`INTERVAL MONTH[(p)] TO MONTH`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL DAY[(p)] TO FRACTION(n)`	`INTERVAL DAY[(p)] TO SECOND(n)`
`INTERVAL HOUR[(p)] TO HOUR`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL HOUR[(p)] TO MINUTE`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL HOUR[(p)] TO SECOND`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL HOUR[(p)] TO FRACTION(n)`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL MINUTE[(p)] TO MINUTE`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL MINUTE[(p)] TO SECOND`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL MINUTE[(p)] TO FRACTION(n)`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL SECOND[(p)] TO SECOND`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL SECOND[(p)] TO FRACTION(n)`	`CHAR(50)`
`INTERVAL FRACTION[(p)] TO FRACTION`	`CHAR(50)`

Notes:

For more details about serial emulation, see SERIAL data types.