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Databend Data Types

Databend supports SQL data types in several categories:

General-Purpose Data Types

Name	Aliases	Storage Size	Min Value	Max Value	Description
BOOLEAN	BOOL	1 byte			Logical boolean (true/false)
TINYINT	INT8	1 byte	-128	127
SMALLINT	INT16	2 bytes	-32768	32767
INT	INT32	4 bytes	-2147483648	2147483647
BIGINT	INT64	8 bytes	-9223372036854775808	9223372036854775807
FLOAT		4 bytes	-3.40282347e+38	3.40282347e+38
DOUBLE		8 bytes	-1.7976931348623157E+308	1.7976931348623157E+308
DATE		4 bytes	1000-01-01	9999-12-31	YYYY-MM-DD
TIMESTAMP		8 bytes	0001-01-01 00:00:00	9999-12-31 23:59:59.999999 UTC	YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss[.fraction], up to microseconds (6 digits) precision
VARCHAR	STRING	variable

Semi-structured Data Types

Databend supports three Semi-structured types: ARRAY, OBJECT and VARIANT.

Name	Aliases	Build From Values	Description
ARRAY		[1,2,3]	Zero-based indexed list, each value can have difference data type.
OBJECT	MAP	{"a":1,"b":{"c":2}}	Collection of key-value pairs, each key is a VARCHAR, and each value is a VARIANT.
VARIANT	JSON	[1,{"a":1,"b":{"c":2}}]	Collection of elements of different data types., including ARRAY and OBJECT.

General-Purpose Data Types
Semi-structured Data Types