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Binary Types

Overview

  • In MySQL, the BIT data type is used to store bit values, ranging from 1 to 64.
  • MySQL BINARY and VARBINARY types are similar to CHAR and VARCHAR, except that they contain binary strings rather than non-binary strings.

Type Mapping

Table 1 Binary type mapping

MySQL Binary Type

MySQL INPUT

GaussDB(DWS) OUTPUT

BIT[(M)]

BIT[(M)]

BIT[(M)]

BINARY[(M)]

BINARY[(M)]

BYTEA

CHAR BYTE[(M)]

BINARY[(M)]

BYTEA

VARBINARY[(M)]

VARBINARY[(M)]

BYTEA

Input: BIT

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CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `runoob_dataType_test`(
    `dataType_1` INT,
    `dataType_2` BIT(1),
    `dataType_3` BIT(64)
);

Output

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CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "public"."runoob_datatype_test"
(
  "datatype_1" INTEGER,
  "datatype_2" BIT(1),
  "datatype_3" BIT(64)
)
  WITH ( ORIENTATION = ROW, COMPRESSION = NO )
  NOCOMPRESS
  DISTRIBUTE BY HASH ("datatype_1");

Input: [VAR]BINARY

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CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `runoob_dataType_test`(
    `dataType_1` INT,
    `dataType_2` BINARY,
    `dataType_3` BINARY(0),
    `dataType_4` BINARY(255),
    `dataType_5` VARBINARY(0),
    `dataType_6` VARBINARY(6553)
);

Output

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CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "public"."runoob_datatype_test"
(
  "datatype_1" INTEGER,
  "datatype_2" BYTEA,
  "datatype_3" BYTEA,
  "datatype_4" BYTEA,
  "datatype_5" BYTEA,
  "datatype_6" BYTEA
)
  WITH ( ORIENTATION = ROW, COMPRESSION = NO )
  NOCOMPRESS
  DISTRIBUTE BY HASH ("datatype_1");
Parent topic: Data Types