DB2-on-z/OS Cache Mapping

The data type mappings for caches stored on DB2 (z/OS platform) are as follows.

Data Type

Native Type

BIGINT

BIGINT

BINARY

BLOB

BIT

SMALLINT

BLOB

BLOB

BOOLEAN

SMALLINT

CHAR

CHAR
CLOB (if > 254 bytes)

CLOB

CLOB

DATE

DATE

DECIMAL

DECIMAL
CLOB (if precision >31)

DOUBLE

DOUBLE

FLOAT

DOUBLE

INTEGER

INTEGER

NUMERIC

DECIMAL
CLOB (if precision >31)

REAL

REAL

SMALLINT

SMALLINT

TIME

TIME

TIMESTAMP

TIMESTAMP

TINYINT

SMALLINT

VARBINARY

BLOB

VARCHAR

VARCHAR
CLOB (if length >255)

XML

CLOB