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SQL programmingYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of the SQL language to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
Guide to SQL: SyntaxThe HCL OneDB™ Guide to SQL: Syntax describes the syntax of the statements, data types, expressions, operators, and built-in functions of the HCL OneDB™ dialect of the SQL language.
Data types and expressionsThese topics describe the data types and expressions that HCL OneDB™supports.
Data TypeThe Data Type segment specifies the data type of a column, of a component of a collection, of a field within a ROW type, of a routine parameter, or of a value returned by an expression or by a cast function. Use this segment whenever you see a reference to a data type in a syntax diagram.
Built-In Data Types
Numeric Data Types

Numeric Data Types

Numeric data types enable the database server to store numbers such as integers and real numbers in a column.

Numeric Data Type

Notes:

¹ See Exact Numeric Data Types
² See Approximate Numeric Data Types

The values of numbers are stored either as exact numeric data types or as approximate numeric data types.

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