SQL types mapping: Oracle MySQL

Table 1. SQL data types mapping Oracle® MySQL
Original data types	Oracle MySQL data types
`CHAR(n)`	`CHAR(n)` or `TEXT` (see note 1)
`VARCHAR(n[,m])`	`VARCHAR(n)` (see note 1)
`LVARCHAR(n)`	`VARCHAR(n)` (see note 1)
`NCHAR(n)`	`NCHAR(n)` (see note 1)
`NVARCHAR(n[,m])`	`NVARCHAR(n)` (see note 1)
`BOOLEAN`	`BOOLEAN`
`SMALLINT`	`SMALLINT`
`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`	`FLOAT`
`DECIMAL(p,s)`	`DECIMAL(p,s)`
`DECIMAL(p<=16)`	`DECIMAL(p*2,p)`
`DECIMAL(p>16)`	N/A
`DECIMAL`	`DECIMAL(32,16)`
`MONEY(p,s)`	`DECIMAL(p,s)`
`MONEY(p)`	`DECIMAL(p,2)`
`MONEY`	`DECIMAL(16,2)`
`DATE`	`DATE`
`DATETIME HOUR TO MINUTE`	`TIME`
`DATETIME HOUR TO SECOND`	`TIME`
`DATETIME HOUR TO FRACTION(p)`	`TIME(p)`
`DATETIME YEAR TO MONTH`	`DATETIME`
`DATETIME YEAR TO DAY`	`DATETIME`
`DATETIME YEAR TO HOUR`	`DATETIME`
`DATETIME YEAR TO MINUTE`	`DATETIME`
`DATETIME YEAR TO SECOND`	`DATETIME`
`DATETIME YEAR TO FRACTION(p)`	`DATETIME(p)`
`INTERVAL q1 TO q2`	`CHAR(50)`
`TEXT`	`MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT` (max is 2Gb)
`BYTE`	`MEDIUMBLOB / LONGBLOB` (max is 2Gb)

Notes:

The CHAR types with a size > 255 are converted TEXT types. For more details, see CHAR and VARCHAR data types.
For serial emulation, see SERIAL and BIGSERIAL data type.