Data type conversion table: Informix to SAP HANA

Table 1. Data type conversion table (Informix to SAP HANA )
Informix® data types SAP HANA ® data types
CHAR(n) NVARCHAR(n) (see note 1)
VARCHAR(n[,m]) NVARCHAR(n) (see note 1)
LVARCHAR(n) NVARCHAR(n) (see note 1)
NCHAR(n) N/A
NVARCHAR(n[,m]) N/A
BOOLEAN BOOLEAN
SMALLINT SMALLINT
INT / INTEGER INTEGER
BIGINT BIGINT
INT8 BIGINT
SERIAL[(start)] INTEGER (see note 2)
BIGSERIAL[(start)] BIGINT (see note 2)
SERIAL8[(start)] BIGINT (see note 2)
DOUBLE PRECISION / FLOAT[(n)] DOUBLE
REAL / SMALLFLOAT REAL
NUMERIC / DEC / DECIMAL(p,s) DECIMAL(p,s)
NUMERIC / DEC / DECIMAL(p<=19) DECIMAL(p*2,p)
NUMERIC / DEC / DECIMAL(p>19) N/A: Max p is 38 for SAP HANA
NUMERIC / DEC / DECIMAL DECIMAL(32,16)
MONEY(p,s) DECIMAL(p,s)
MONEY(p) DECIMAL(p,2)
MONEY DECIMAL(16,2)
DATE DATE
DATETIME HOUR TO HOUR TIME
DATETIME HOUR TO MINUTE TIME
DATETIME HOUR TO SECOND TIME
DATETIME HOUR TO FRACTION(n) TIMESTAMP (for fraction part)
DATETIME MINUTE TO MINUTE TIME
DATETIME MINUTE TO SECOND TIME
DATETIME MINUTE TO FRACTION(n) TIMESTAMP (for fraction part)
DATETIME SECOND TO SECOND TIME
DATETIME SECOND TO FRACTION(n) TIMESTAMP (for fraction part)
DATETIME FRACTION TO FRACTION(n) TIMESTAMP (for fraction part)
DATETIME YEAR TO YEAR SECONDDATE
DATETIME YEAR TO MONTH SECONDDATE
DATETIME YEAR TO DAY SECONDDATE
DATETIME YEAR TO HOUR SECONDDATE
DATETIME YEAR TO MINUTE SECONDDATE
DATETIME YEAR TO SECOND SECONDDATE
DATETIME YEAR TO FRACTION(n) TIMESTAMP
DATETIME MONTH TO MONTH SECONDDATE
DATETIME MONTH TO DAY SECONDDATE
DATETIME MONTH TO HOUR SECONDDATE
DATETIME MONTH TO MINUTE SECONDDATE
DATETIME MONTH TO SECOND SECONDDATE
DATETIME MONTH TO FRACTION(n) TIMESTAMP
DATETIME DAY TO DAY SECONDDATE
DATETIME DAY TO HOUR SECONDDATE
DATETIME DAY TO MINUTE SECONDDATE
DATETIME DAY TO SECOND SECONDDATE
DATETIME DAY TO FRACTION(n) TIMESTAMP
INTERVAL q1 TO q2 VARCHAR(50)
TEXT NCLOB (see note 3)
BYTE BLOB
Notes:
  1. For character type conversions, see CHAR and VARCHAR data types.
  2. For serial emulation, see SERIAL and BIGSERIAL data types.
  3. For TEXT type conversions, see TEXT and BYTE (LOB) types.