Data Type Mapping for Databricks

This section lists the mapping of data types for Databricks.

Databricks as Target

When Databricks is used as a target location, following is the mapping of Fivetran HVR repository data types to the corresponding data type in Databricks.

Text in green cell indicates the native data type of the DBMS

Repository Data Type	Attributes	Databricks
ansidate (ingres)	nullable=0	date
ansidate	nullable=0	date
bfile	nullable=0	binary
bigdatetime	timeprec=6 nullable=0	timestamp
bigint unsigned	bytelen=8 nullable=0	decimal(20)
bigint	bytelen=8 nullable=0	bigint
bigtime	timeprec=6 nullable=0	timestamp
binary	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
binary_double	bytelen=8 nullable=0	double
binary_float	bytelen=4 nullable=0	real
bit (mysql)	bitlen=32 nullable=0	string
bit	bytelen=1 nullable=0	boolean
blob	nullable=0	binary
bool	bytelen=1 nullable=0	boolean
boolean	bytelen=1 nullable=0	boolean
byte varying	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
byte	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
byteint	bytelen=1 nullable=0	tinyint
c	bytelen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
char	bytelen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
char	bytelen=4000 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
char	bytelen=8000 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
char	bytelen=40 charlen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
char	bytelen=10 encoding=WINDOWS-1252 nullable=0	string
char (oracle)	bytelen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
char (oracle)	bytelen=2000 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
char (oracle)	bytelen=40 charlen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
char (oracle)	bytelen=10 encoding=WINDOWS-1252 nullable=0	string
clob	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
date	nullable=0	timestamp
date (hana)	nullable=0	date
date (mysql)	nullable=0	date
date (sybase)	nullable=0	date
datetime (bigquery)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
datetime (mysql)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
datetime (sybase)	nullable=0	timestamp
datetime	nullable=0	timestamp
datetime2	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
datetimeoffset	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
db2 timestamp with time zone	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
db2 xml	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
dbclob	nullable=0	string
decfloat	prec=16 nullable=0	string
decfloat	prec=34 nullable=0	string
decimal	prec=10 scale=3 nullable=0	decimal(10,3)
decimal	prec=6 nullable=0	decimal(6)
double	bytelen=8 nullable=0	double
epoch	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
float	bytelen=8 nullable=0	double
float4	bytelen=4 nullable=0	real
float8	bytelen=8 nullable=0	double
float64	bytelen=8 nullable=0	double
graphic	charlen=10 nullable=0	string
hierarchyid	bytelen=892 nullable=0	string
image	nullable=0	binary
image (sybase)	nullable=0	binary
ingresdate	nullable=0	timestamp
int unsigned	bytelen=4 nullable=0	bigint
int	bytelen=4 nullable=0	int
integer	bytelen=4 nullable=0	int
integer1	bytelen=1 nullable=0	tinyint
integer2	bytelen=2 nullable=0	smallint
integer4	bytelen=4 nullable=0	int
integer8	bytelen=8 nullable=0	bigint
int64	bytelen=8 nullable=0	bigint
interval day to second (ingres)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	string
interval day to second	timeprec=0 dayprec=0 nullable=0	string
interval month to second	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
interval year to month (ingres)	nullable=0	string
interval year to month	yearprec=0 nullable=0	string
json	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
jsonb	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
long byte	nullable=0	binary
long char	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
long nvarchar (db2)	nullable=0	string
long nvarchar	nullable=0	string
long raw	nullable=0	binary
long varbinary	nullable=0	binary
long varchar (db2)	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
long varchar	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
long	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
mediumint unsigned	bytelen=3 nullable=0	int
mediumint	bytelen=3 nullable=0	int
money (ingres)	nullable=0	decimal(14,2)
money	nullable=0	decimal(19,4)
nchar	charlen=10 nullable=0	string
nchar (oracle)	bytelen=20 charlen=10 nullable=0	string
nclob	nullable=0	string
ntext	nullable=0	string
number	nullable=0	decimal(38,4)
number	prec=10 scale=-127 nullable=0	double
number	prec=10 scale=3 nullable=0	decimal(10,3)
number	prec=26 nullable=0	decimal(26)
number	prec=6 nullable=0	int
numeric (db2i)	prec=10 scale=3 nullable=0	decimal(10,3)
numeric (db2i)	prec=6 nullable=0	decimal(6)
numeric	prec=10 scale=3 nullable=0	decimal(10,3)
numeric	prec=26 nullable=0	decimal(26)
numeric	prec=6 nullable=0	decimal(6)
nvarchar	charlen=10 nullable=0	string
nvarchar(max)	nullable=0	string
nvarchar2	charlen=10 nullable=0	string
postgres date	nullable=0	date
postgres time	timeprec=6 nullable=0	timestamp
postgres timestamp with time zone	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
postgres timestamp	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
raw	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
real	bytelen=4 nullable=0	real
rowid	bytelen=18 charlen=18 encoding=US-ASCII nullable=0	string
rowversion	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
smalldatetime	nullable=0	timestamp
smallint unsigned	bytelen=2 nullable=0	int
smallint	bytelen=2 nullable=0	smallint
smallmoney	nullable=0	decimal(10,4)
text (ingres)	bytelen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
text (sqlserver)	encoding=WINDOWS-1252 nullable=0	string
text(sybase)	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
time (mysql)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
time (hana)	nullable=0	timestamp
time (sybase)	nullable=0	timestamp
time with local time zone	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
time with time zone	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
time	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
time	timeprec=3 nullable=0	timestamp
time2	nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp (bigquery)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp (db2)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp (hana)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp (ingres)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp (mysql)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp (oracle)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp (sqlserver)	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
timestamp (sybase)	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
timestamp with local time zone	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp with local tz (oracle)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp with time zone	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp with tz (oracle)	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
timestamp	timeprec=0 nullable=0	timestamp
tinyint signed	bytelen=1 nullable=0	tinyint
tinyint unsigned	bytelen=1 nullable=0	smallint
tinyint	bytelen=1 nullable=0	smallint
uniqueidentifier	bytelen=16 nullable=0	binary
unitext	nullable=0	string
univarchar	charlen=10 nullable=0	string
unsigned bigint	bytelen=8 nullable=0	decimal(20)
unsigned int	bytelen=4 nullable=0	bigint
unsigned smallint	bytelen=2 nullable=0	int
urowid	bytelen=100 charlen=100 encoding=US-ASCII nullable=0	string
varbinary	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
varbinary (sybase)	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
varbinary(max)	nullable=0	binary
varbyte	bytelen=10 nullable=0	binary
varchar	bytelen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
varchar	bytelen=8000 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
varchar	bytelen=40 charlen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
varchar	bytelen=10 encoding=WINDOWS-1252 nullable=0	string
varchar (sybase)	bytelen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
varchar (sybase)	bytelen=8000 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
varchar (sybase)	bytelen=40 charlen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
varchar (sybase)	bytelen=10 encoding=WINDOWS-1252 nullable=0	string
varchar(max)	encoding=WINDOWS-1252 nullable=0	string
varchar2	bytelen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
varchar2	bytelen=40 charlen=10 encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
varchar2	bytelen=10 encoding=WINDOWS-1252 nullable=0	string
vargraphic	charlen=10 nullable=0	string
variant	encoding=UTF-8 nullable=0	string
xml	nullable=0	string
year (mysql)	nullable=0	smallint