Common and Specialized Field Types

Follow these links for detailed field type information from the Technical Reference Guide:

Common types

The common field types include:

Alpha

Packed

Signed

DateTime

String

Alpha, Packed and Signed field types are always enabled.

When a partition is enabled for RDMLX all the Common Field Types are automatically enabled in the partition.

Specialized types

The specialized field types include:

Char

Binary

VarBinary

Date

Time

Integer

Float

CLOB

BLOB

Boolean

The Specialized Field Types are only available when the partition is RDMLX enabled. These field types must be manually enabled as required.