Supported Datatypes

Supported

The supported data types are:

  • NUMBER

  • FLOAT
  • VARCHAR2
  • VARCHAR
  • CHAR
  • NVARCHAR2
  • NCHAR2
  • NCHAR
  • DATE
  • RAW
  • LONG*
  • LONG RAW*
  • BFILE**
  • CLOB**
  • BLOB**
  • LOB**
  • NCLOB**
  • INTERVAL **
  • TIMESTAMP **

* Not supported in Oracle 9.2

** Not supported when replicating to MySQL or SQL Server

A SQL query can be run to determine if there are any datatypes that will not be supported by Dbvisit Replicate.

Data Type conversion on target DB

SourceTarget
OracleOracle 9.2Oracle 10+MS SQL ServerMySQL
NUMBERNUMBERNUMBERFLOAT or BIGINT(when scale==0)FLOAT or BIGINT(when scale==0)
FLOATFLOATFLOATFLOATFLOAT
VARCHAR2VARCHAR2VARCHAR2VARCHARVARCHAR
VARCHARVARCHARVARCHARVARCHARVARCHAR
CHARCHARCHARCHARCHAR
NVARCHAR2NVARCHAR2NVARCHAR2VARCHARVARCHAR
NCHAR2NCHAR2NCHAR2VARCHARVARCHAR
NCHARNCHARNCHARVARCHARVARCHAR
DATEDATEDATEDATETIMEDATETIME
RAWRAWRAWVARBINARYVARBINARY
LONGxLONGTEXTTEXT
LONG RAWxLONG RAWBLOBBLOB
BFILEBFILEBFILExx
CLOBCLOBCLOBxx
BLOBBLOBBLOBxx
LOBLOBLOBxx
NCLOBNCLOBNCLOBxx
INTERVALINTERVALINTERVALxx
TIMESTAMPTIMESTAMPTIMESTAMPxx

Unsupported data types are listed here: Unsupported Datatypes

Unsupported functionality is listed here: Functionality Currently NOT Supported.