U-SQL Built-in Type Properties

Updated: March 10, 2017

Each of the U-SQL built-in types have certain properties that will govern its usability in certain context.

For example, the numeric types are orderable, while complex types are not orderable. As one would expect, this means that an expression that results in a complex type cannot be used in an ORDER BY clause, while any expression that results in an orderable type can.

See Also

• Data Types and Literals (U-SQL)