SQL types mapping: SAP HANA

Table 1. SQL data types mapping for SAP HANA
Original data types	SAP HANA ® data types
`CHAR(n)`	`VARCHAR(n)` or `NVARCHAR(n)` (see note 1)
`VARCHAR(n[,m])`	`VARCHAR(n)` or `NVARCHAR(n)` (see note 1)
`LVARCHAR(n)`	`VARCHAR(n)` or `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`
`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 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`	`CLOB` or `NCLOB` (see note 3)
`BYTE`	`BLOB`

Notes:

For character data types, see CHAR and VARCHAR data types.
For serial emulation, see SERIAL and BIGSERIAL data types.
For LOB data types, see TEXT and BYTE (LOB) types.