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Designing databasesThe first step in creating a relational database is to construct a data model, which is a precise, complete definition of the data you want to store. After you prepare your data model, you must implement it as a database and tables. To implement your data model, you first select a data type for each column and then you create a database and tables and populate the tables with data. You can also implement fragmentation strategies and control access to your data.
Designing and Implementing a DatabaseThe HCL OneDB™ Database Design and Implementation Guide provides information to help you design, implement, and manage your HCL® OneDB® databases. It includes data models that illustrate different approaches to database design and shows you how to use structured query language (SQL) to implement and manage your databases.
Basics of database design and implementation
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Data types
Character data types (GLS)
Binary objects: BYTE

Binary objects: BYTE

The BYTE data type is designed to hold any data a program can generate: graphic images, program object files, and documents saved by any word processor or spreadsheet. The database server permits any kind of data of any length in a BYTE column.

As with TEXT, BYTE data items usually are stored in whole disk pages in disk areas separate from normal row data.

The advantage of the BYTE data type, as opposed to TEXT or CHAR(n), is that it accepts any data. Its disadvantages are the same as those of the TEXT data type.

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