Appendix A: Data Types for Oracle
The OLE DB Provider for Oracle supports all Oracle 7.3 data types; however, it does not support any of the new Oracle8 data types listed here or any of the Object extensions to Oracle8.
Data type |
Oracle 7.3 |
Oracle8 |
|---|---|---|
BFILE |
n/a |
Not supported |
BLOB |
n/a |
Not supported |
CHAR |
Supported |
Supported |
CLOB |
n/a |
Not supported |
DATE |
Supported |
Supported |
FLOAT |
Supported |
Supported |
INTEGER |
Supported |
Supported |
LONG |
Supported |
Supported |
LONG RAW |
Supported |
Supported |
NCHAR |
n/a |
Not supported |
NCLOB |
n/a |
Not supported |
NUMBER |
Supported |
Supported |
NVARCHAR2 |
n/a |
Not supported |
RAW |
Supported |
Supported |
VARCHAR2 |
Supported |
Supported |
MLSLABEL |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Note
For more information about the allowable size of the VARCHAR column, see Limitations of the OLE DB Provider for Oracle in this guide.