Data Types Supported by Column-store Tables

Table 1 lists the data types supported by column-store tables.

Table 1 Data types supported by column-store tables

Category	Data Type	Length	Supported or Not
Numeric Types	smallint	2	Supported
	integer	4	Supported
	bigint	8	Supported
	decimal	-1	Supported
	numeric	-1	Supported
	real	4	Supported
	double precision	8	Supported
	smallserial	2	Supported
	serial	4	Supported
	bigserial	8	Supported
	largeserial	-1	Supported
Monetary Types	money	8	Supported
Character Types	character varying(n), varchar(n)	-1	Supported
	character(n), char(n)	n	Supported
	character, char	1	Supported
	text	-1	Supported
	nvarchar	-1	Supported
	nvarchar2	-1	Supported
	name	64	Not supported
Date/Time Types	timestamp with time zone	8	Supported
	timestamp without time zone	8	Supported
	date	4	Supported
	time without time zone	8	Supported
	time with time zone	12	Supported
	interval	16	Supported
big object	clob	-1	Supported
big object	blob	-1	Not supported
other types	...	...	Not supported